Hi, Thanks for kind replies people Theyre from June 2006 and so are very small and well beyond cute.. hehe. Got a few more pix for you. Here Donatello is sleeping: Here Donatello is checking out his new bathtub.. And here we are soaking and chilling some (Donatello again): Sorry for the quality on the last pic. He has gotten quite active now whenever he sees the camera lens and so is constantly on the move whenever a photoshoot is going on.
nice pics very cute tortoises you have there whats the differece between the hermanns and the russian tortoise? they look pretty much the same to me!
Staceface - All though they look simular they are seperate species. Russians are Agrionemys horsfieldii, formaly Testudo horsfieldii and Hermans are Testudo hermanni. Russians come from russia suprisingly , but also china. Hermans from southern Europe e.g. spain, italy. Look closely and you will see the different patternings on their shell.
Wookie is the hermans also called the greek land tortoise? Or is that a different kind? BTW very cute lil guys
Conny63malies, The Greek tortoise is different - testudo graeca. They are both part of the Testudo genus, but different. To be precise there are also two types of Hermans Testudo hermanni hermanni (western) and Testudo hermanni boettgeri (eastern). The main differnce between the Greek and Hermans is that the Greek have spurs which is why they are also called spur thighed tortoises. There is quite a good comparison of the Hermans and Greek tort on Wikipedia and lots about the genus (over a dozen subspecies, save me typing ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Tortoise
omg sooooo small.. very cute. i got mine when he was a GIANT heh so i did not have the pleasure of playing with him as a baby
