what kind of turtle or tortoise is this'

by jeanette hosking
(menorca)

was walking in menorca and came across a turtle or tortoise crossing the road! it had a long tail and was covered in yellow little spots?

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Apr 04, 2010
 Not A Hermann's
by: Shelly

Sorry I couldn't help. A picture might have helped, but I know you don't always have a camera with you when you are out and about.

I just tried a google image search of mallorca +tortoise. I got over 25,000 matches. Then I tried tortoise +mallorca and got it down to 18,000. But every tortoise I saw was a Hermann's. I didn't look at all the photos, only about 5 pages worth, but if you are really interested and have oodles of time...
Apr 04, 2010
 not the hermans
by: jeanette

thank you but not the hermans as we have many of them in the garden.
Apr 04, 2010
 Hermann's Tortoise
by: Shelly

The Hermann's Tortoise is indigenous to the area and has yellow spots on its legs. Do a Google image search for "Hermann's Tortoise" to see if it looks like the one you saw.

Keep it slow and steady.

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