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Re: How to tell if shell has pyramiding?/ More.......

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Posted by Terry on May 21, 2002 at 16:41:32:

In Reply to: Re: How to tell if shell has pyramiding? posted by Terry on May 21, 2002 at 13:58:48:


Here you'll find a photo of two nice smooth adult sulcatas, no pyramiding :

http://www.sulcstatn.addr.com/photos/bmorris16.jpg

And here you'll find photos of younger sulcatas with moderate to quite severe pyramiding:

http://www.sulcstatn.addr.com/specpix1.html

Some sulcatas have mild pyramiding, which means that the scutes are raised, but not nearly as bad as the pyramided torts in the last pictures.

Quite often these mildly pyramided sulcata will smooth out as they grow.
If the diet and environment is improved.

It's actually quite difficult to find *captive* juvenile or sub adult sulcatas without some degree of pyramiding.

They do seem far more prone to it than other species of tortoise.

Hope this has helped to explain pyramiding to you.




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