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04-04-2008, 11:31 AM
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Tort sizes
Hi - just wondering when talking about size - its the shell isn't it? So when people say a leopard gets 24" - they really mean that the shell is that size whils the head legs and tail stick out a little bit more. Have i got that right? Okay - so could someone supply me with the average sizes of
Cherry heads= Red foots= Hermans= Thanks - can't seem to find the same two sizes anywhere! (also - any other small/medium sized tort sizes would be good) Thanks, Ben
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04-04-2008, 11:48 AM
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Here is a list of all tortoises species and their largest recorded sizes:
Galapagos tortoise, Chelonoidis nigra-----------150cm Aldabra tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea-------140cm African spurred tortoise, Centrochelys sulcata-84.5cm Yellowfoot tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulata-----82cm Leopard tortoise, Stigmochelys pardalis---------78cm Redfoot tortoise, Chelonoidis carbonaria---------61cm Asian mountain tortoise, Manouria emys---------60cm Plowshare tortoise, Astrochelys yniphora--------49cm Radiated tortoise, A. radiata----------------------45cm Chaco tortoise, Chelnoidis chilensis--------------44cm Bolson's tortoise, Gopherus flavomarginatus----40cm Marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata----------40cm Greek tortoise, T. ibera----------------------------38cm Star tortoise, Geochelone elegans----------------38cm Desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii---------------38cm Gopher tortoise, G. polyphemus------------------38cm Hermanns tortoise, Testudo hermanni------------36cm Elongated tortoise, Indotestudo elongata---------36cm North African greek tortoise, Testudo graeca----34cm Travancore tortoise, Indotestudo travancorica---34cm Forest hingeback tortoise, Kinixys erosa----------32cm Celebes tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii------------31cm Impressed tortoise, Manouria impressa-----------31cm Russian tortoise, Agrionemys horsfieldii-----------28cm Bowsprit tortoise, Chersina angulata---------------26cm Burmese Star tortoise, Geochelone platynota-----26cm Home's hingeback tortoise, Kinixys homeana-----25cm Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri---------------23cm Bell's hingeback tortoise, Kinixys belliana----------22cm Speke's hingeback tortoise, K. spekii---------------20cm Geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus----20cm Pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri-----------20cm Lobatse hingeback tortoise, Kinixys lobatsiana----17cm Natal hingeback tortoise, K. natalensis-------------16cm Karoo cape tortoise, Homopus femoralis-----------16cm Spider tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides------------------15cm Tent tortoise, Psammobates tentorius--------------15cm Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni--------------14cm Serrated tortoise, Psammobates oculiferus--------13cm Flat-tailed tortoise, Pyxis planicauda----------------12cm Parrot-beaked tortoise, Homopus areolatus--------12cm Boulenger's cape tortoise, H. boulengeri------------11cm Namibian tortoise, H. "bergeri"-----------------------10cm Speckled tortoise, H. signatus------------------------9.5cm
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