Re: Russians: Are there 2 types?

Posted by Eric T. on July 18, 2001 at 17:15:23:

In Reply to: Re: Russians: Are there 2 types? posted by Justin on July 18, 2001 at 11:17:55:

I agree with Justin about keeping them quarenteened for a while untell you are sure that they are not carrying any harmfull parasites or viruses. But I'm not sure about the status of sub-species within Testudo horsfeldi. I have always been under the assumption that there was only one specie, but that there was alot of variation across its geographical range. I personally see no problem with cross breeding the tortoises, unless you are trying to keep one strain of russian tortoise genetically pure for some reason.

-Eric-

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: I agree with Justin about keeping them quarenteened for a while untell you are sure that they are not carrying any harmfull parasites or viruses. But I'm not sure about the status of sub-species within Testudo horsfeldi. I have always been under the assumption that there was only one specie, but that there was alot of variation across its geographical range. I personally see no problem with cross breeding the tortoises, unless you are trying to keep one strain of russian tortoise genetically pure for some reason. : -Eric-

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