country of origin

[tortlady]

morning chaps....for those who have a cities cert for their torts, what does it say in the box 'country of origin', i only ask cos mine says captive bred but the country of origin says lebonon....is that cos they were bred in lebonon or is that where the species originates in the wild

[-EJ]

Your tortoise was most likely not cb but that helps with the ID. Some are calling those Testudo antakyensis. These are also called the golden greeks but the color on these go from solid golden yellow to what you have. You have a form that has orange skin tone also which is typical of a particular population... I susupect due to diet because I've seen Egyptian tortoises like that.

Anyway... if you didn't know where it came from it would be almost impossible to pair. The Testudo group is very difficult to ID and the ones that come from Lebanon/Syria are the worse because the populations vary greatly greatly. It's suspected that it is the altitude that causes that varience.

Ed

Originally Posted by tortlady

morning chaps....for those who have a cities cert for their torts, what does it say in the box 'country of origin', i only ask cos mine says captive bred but the country of origin says lebonon....is that cos they were bred in lebonon or is that where the species originates in the wild

[shootinglou79]

Hi Tortlady, Ed is bang on, i myself bought a trio, 1 male and 2 females a couple of months back thinking they were a match for my ibera, they were badly oiled, after a few washes it was sill hard to get an exact I'D, their certs also state Lebanon, there skin colour is also a tingy orange, do you have any pictures?