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| Identifying different subspecies Posted: 28/05/2016 by Jane_d |
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Please could someone explain to me how you tell the difference between a Spur -Thigh Ibera and a Testudo graeca graeca ? Thank you in advance | |
| Re: Identifying different subspecies Posted: 28/05/2016 by Tom |
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Hello, Just upload some photos & I'll identify. Tom | |
| Re: Identifying different subspecies Posted: 29/05/2016 by Jane_d |
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Ok Thank you I have attached a photo. She is approx 170 mm and weighs 1375. | |
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| Re: Identifying different subspecies Posted: 29/05/2016 by Jane_d |
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| Re: Identifying different subspecies Posted: 29/05/2016 by Tom |
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Does it have a spur on each thigh ? | |
| Re: Identifying different subspecies Posted: 29/05/2016 by Jane_d |
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Yes, the cert says hatched 2002 Testudo graeca, I have had her about 10 years, she a lovely gentle girl. I am not sure what sub species ? | |
| Re: Identifying different subspecies Posted: 29/05/2016 by Tom |
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It's T. ibera. When the import ban began in 1984, all Spur-thighed torts around the Mediterranean Sea were described as T. graeca by 'scientific' advisers. Thus all Spurs' are classed as graeca, whereas most in the UK are ibera. Sadly many graeca died having been mixed with ibera, which are from a different continent & carry different 'bugs' [putting it simply]. She is a different species rather than subspecies. Tom | |
| Re: Identifying different subspecies Posted: 29/05/2016 by Jane_d |
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Thank you for explaining Tom, much appreciated and interesting. Jane | |