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Any idea what kind of tortoiose this is?

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Here's a picture of a buddy's tortoise. He has had it for a while (got it from a neighbor), but has no idea what type of tortoise it is. He wants to know so he can look up on the internet what he should be feeding it and how tyo take care of it.

It's shell is almost 3 inches from fron to back and 2 inches from side to side. I had to wet the shell to take the picture because when it is dry, it is very pale. Is this some type of diffeciency?

Does anyone know?

steves_tortoise.jpg


Here it is dry:
steves_tortoise-2.jpg


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Bill while I'm not real up to date on western tortoises I would sat it is a desert tortoise. Check to see if they are legal to keepmas I think they are a threaten animal and they are not legal to keep. Hope this helps Ron
 
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