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im helping one of my friends in the UK id this tortoise she has had for two years. its not a native tort, and is about 100 years old when they traced it back to people who have keept it before.
I think it looks like a Gopher tort, but am not sure can anyone help id this guy?

thanx

ashley

tort pic

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That is one rough looking Hermans that has the appearence of being to hell and back and then again.
Outside of the rough appearence it is in beautiful shape if you discount the foreign animal damage.
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Ed
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Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

Looks like one of the Herman's tortoises to me.
Looks like Herman ran over it with the lawnmower too.

nah not the lawn mower, it was a dog that got ahold of him a few years back.

thanks for replying, ill be sure to tell my friend about her tort ^)^

ashley
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"I’m scared of those nasty big-eyed grey aliens, too. I think it’s that I don’t understand their motivations. I am confident of my ability to out-think, out-con, or if need be, tire-iron-upside-the-head demonic forces, ghosts and goblins, things that go bump in the night, etc. It’s the notion of something that doesn’t have any desire to talk to me except via anal probe that freaks me out"