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What type of tortoise is this?

Lisa and Virgil Dec 10, 2003 08:28 PM

I'm at work so my resources are limited. Hopefully this link will work and take you to the photos I posted. Thanks for looking.

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What is this???!!!

Replies (3)

RaderRVT Dec 10, 2003 09:45 PM

Hard to tell from the face only picture, but it looks like a California Desert Tortoise.
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Stacey

tortoisehead Dec 11, 2003 12:37 AM

If you're talking about the tortoise in the picture with the Russian, it's a Greek.

Lisa and Virgil Dec 11, 2003 11:12 PM

Thanks for your reply. Greek appears to be the concensus.

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