Re: Tortoise Shell

Posted by Eric T. on July 13, 2000 at 12:47:50:

In Reply to: Re: Tortoise Shell posted by Leslie on July 13, 2000 at 11:43:02:

: The marginal scutes around the head and rump sometimes flair a little bit. But the marginals on the sides, the ones that connect to the plastron do not curve up. it is a pretty smooth transition from carapace to plastron.
This may seem like a strange question.. Are you sure that you have a Russian tortoise? Our distributors in Portland don't always know the differences between Russians and the rest of their family. More than once we've recieved a shipment of Russiand just to find out that some were Greeks and once we recieved a tortoise that looked like a Marginated tortoise (the back of the shell flaired out and made the tortoise look bigger)
So count the toes (Russians have four toes on all the feet), and check the back legs, right about where the legs and the body meet, for spurs.
I don't think Russians ever have them.

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: : The marginal scutes around the head and rump sometimes flair a little bit. But the marginals on the sides, the ones that connect to the plastron do not curve up. it is a pretty smooth transition from carapace to plastron. : This may seem like a strange question.. Are you sure that you have a Russian tortoise? Our distributors in Portland don't always know the differences between Russians and the rest of their family. More than once we've recieved a shipment of Russiand just to find out that some were Greeks and once we recieved a tortoise that looked like a Marginated tortoise (the back of the shell flaired out and made the tortoise look bigger) : So count the toes (Russians have four toes on all the feet), and check the back legs, right about where the legs and the body meet, for spurs. : I don't think Russians ever have them.

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