HERMANN’S, GREEK, MARGINATED, RUSSIAN & EGYPTIAN TORTOISES (Who is Who?)

[@sketchyinkblot2504]

This is by far the best channel for anyone who keeps a tortoise.

[@20fiveCent]

This is officially one of my favorite channels.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you!!!!

[@patrickslaby69]

You should also cover the red foot tortoise and cherry head tortoise as they are similar looking to each other and are common in the pet trade!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Great idea

[@beverlyjensen443]

Are those two tortoises considered 'Mediterranean'?

[@richardwatterson7262]

@@beverlyjensen443 nope, as short as i know mediterranian tortoises are only 5, all mentioned in this vid. He just wants the same way this vid made for forest tortoises

[@krjoyner56]

To expand on this Ive got redfoot problems of my own! I have a juvenile tortoise that was sold to me as a redfoot, but 2 months later I believe it to be a Geochelone denticulata. The differences from her and the G. carbonaria, (I already own) seem to be more then just locale variances. I would love to get more help if anyone can assist me. Ive read as much (reputable information) as I could, but would love if someone wiser could point me in the right direction.

[@blastboygamerguy5204]

Don't forget yellow foots

[@marsfeathers]

2:45 the guy in the left corner pressed up against the glass is so funny 🤣 I love how whenever a turtle can't find purchase on the ground they just keep swinging their legs ajdjdjd so cute

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🤣

[@Sensekhmet]

Drama in the backgroud!

[@MannyZertuche]

@@GardenStateTortoise how can I get a baby greek from y’all 🙏

[@rebeccaloudermilk1145]

I learn a ton from you Chris. It's like going to a college every week. Thank you so much! By the way my 4 CBT are doing great that I got from you.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks Rebecca that means so much to me!

[@dantewhiterose1958]

I would love the baby comparison. Your videos help us to learn. I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say keep them coming! 👍

[@Heatseeker872591]

Another great video from my favourite youtuber . Absoloutely love the hermanns and that greek

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you 😊

[@faux_acorns]

I have a Russian Tortoise named Todd. He’s about 10 years old and this video helped me learn more about him! I never thought I could learn more from all of my research. Thanks!

[@kirstysmith2903]

Your videos are so informative. You really should look to make a TV series, brilliant work 👏

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you Kirsty!

[@loriw2661]

I just love learning, especially science based information. And while I’m too old to get a tortoise (I would love one! And its perfect here in south Florida) I still enjoy learning about them. Radiateds are my favs!🐢❤️🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you as always lori!

[@maggieshepherd8815]

Super informative! Thank You! 🙏

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks Maggie!

[@TakoShinobi]

now this is what I have been waiting for! good stuff!! definitely looking forward to the babies differenciation!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you!

[@nathandegner5187]

Wow very interesting facts about tortoises I like it

[@cartasdebendicion1522]

Thanks you for these videos! I learn more about the differences… I really love tortoise!!!

[@tatehammer2094]

Amazing video I spend hours a week watching past videos

[@Herwaa]

amazing video and editing

[@IMadeMyOwn1st]

This was a great video the edits were amazing

[@Salodanger75]

I have 2 russian tortoises and I love them dearly. 🥰 I've had tortoises for 47 years in my life and I'm 48... So whole my life. 🥰

[@mattdrake5834]

Great information! I would love to see a video of what you do with your Mediterranean hatchlings and yearlings during the winter! i’m curious as to how that would differ from your other winter videos dealing with the adult species. Thanks!

[@gemmacruz8529]

Haven't watched the video yet,but since I've found your channel I've been trying to tell what kind of Mediterranean tortoise I have. It has been with us for almost 40 years.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Hope it helps!

[@gemmacruz8529]

@@GardenStateTortoise, it's a Graeca!!! I was kind of confused, but there's no doubt now... It has the spurs in the tights. Regarding colour it looks like a Hermann's tortoise. It's not as dark as the one you show in the video. Great video!!!

[@DSheartlady]

more great information thanks for the posting😊

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks Debra

[@DSheartlady]

@@GardenStateTortoise you are welcome🙂

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

it was epic seeing some testudo tortoises on my holiday in montenegro a few years back

[@CCaleighC]

Thank you for this video! I've been super confused as what to call the pet turtles my boyfriend and I have! In German, they're called Greek turtles, but in English they're eastern Hermann's! Imagine my confusion trying to figure this out with just articles 😅

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Haha glad this helped!

[@Jesus_Wojak]

Ging mir genauso.

[@rosesperfumelace]

Great info. Either tortoise or turtle they are all cute like old souls.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

They sure are 😀

[@tyhunt7850]

Always love when Vinny gets some screen time, Dolly must be jealous🤣 Counting down the days until my own little egyptian tortoise arrives. If I’m lucky it will be Vinny’s!

[@paranerd7486]

Awww, saw one of your shorts. I'm a new sub. Can't wait to see all the antics you guys get into! I live in Trenton, Nj.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Glad to have ya on board!

[@xyriusd832]

Literally has always been my dream pet. Going to have to do more research but 🐢 are so cute!

[@BlaineHeggie]

Love your videos!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks!

[@treypyle4565]

Merch idea. ID posters for Testudo, like the classic scientific posters. I would absolutely put them up in my office!

[@midlandtortoise]

Another great video. Lets see some babies. Video suggestion locales for hermanni hermanni 🐢

[@naldy888ace8]

I'll go for Hermann's & the Egyptian tortoises 👍👍🐢🐢

[@p.p.wienersson]

If you guys are ever in Massachusetts please go to the New England Aquarium and see if they’ll let you make a video about Myrtle!! She’s amazing

[@chivonfortney1656]

1. I send so much love to these cute guys!!! I am a huge animal lover and I just want to send them love and if i could protect them from any threats I would. 2. I had a pet turtle once and I'm trying to look on the internet and see what he was. We had a good friendship and I miss him. ♥ My dad caught him for me when the turtle was just a small baby.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you for watching!

[@lindamorgan4653]

Nice Video. In Germany, we call the Hermanns the GREEK... Testudo Hermanni Boetttgeri is in German "Griechische Landschildkröte". The one, you called the Greek, is in German "Maurische Landschildkröte". The Marginatas is "Breitrandschildkröten". The Russian also called Russian here and also "Steppenschildkröte" or "Vierzehenschildkröte". I like your videos and your enclosures are amazing!! 😍👌🏼🐢 Greetings from Germany. 💞

[@timotejgorecan4350]

Great stuff.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you

[@tarasostapiuk8096]

Thanks. Very nice video👍👍👍 maybe you can make video about subspecies of greek tortoises or maybe you now more about subspecies of horsfield?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

It’s in our plans!

[@tarasostapiuk8096]

Great! I will wait 😊

[@juliepeterson6880]

Yes, it would be fun to cover how to properly identify the babies.

[@DoorsToHideBehind156]

I'm sorry.... The accordion background music killed this video. It was too annoying. Gonna see if it has captions turned on and watch it muted 😂

[@albumcos5807]

HEY IM A BIG FAN!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Awesome thank you!

[@RingoandCarlin]

I'd like to see a video on California desert tortoises. My Nana had a few back when she got them somewhere between the late 1960s and mid 1970s

[@PK-oy4fe]

How the heck do you keep all the beautiful critters straight? 🤣😇❤️

[@valoutecook]

Hi , yes of course. We would to have video on how to differentiate babies hermanni.

[@marthahines1979]

Love your vidéos, so informative! Greetings from Seattle. By thé way what is native to thé northwest and what tortise would do well in wéstern Washington?

[@WadeMoore-o4v]

I love Egyptian tortoise 🐢 ❤️

[@Asian_Jesus.]

3:35 for a flipped tortoise tring to get up

[@reaganomics40]

I love my little Russian tortoise! Thanks for the info!

[@_Shark__bait__]

How about American desert species? Gopher or Sonoran, and care? Love your channel!!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Oh it’s comin!

[@twoturtletom]

Great video Chris and Casey! How did I not know some testudo have plastral hinges? I have long thought that the carapicial hinge of Kinixys is more about breathing and egg laying than protection. But I didn't realize that any other tortoises had any type of hinges. Very interesting - thanks for this - great video.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks Tom!

[@BoneCrezy]

hello brother greetings from Mexico I love your videos I would like to know what species otis belongs to

[@kaseybridges5184]

This was very informative! thx! although i still don’t think i have them straight 🤔😂 I’d be very interested in a video on the babies please! Where i walk my dog we have wild/free-roaming tortoises & i thought they were hermanns & greeks but a photo i posted recently someone said it was a sulcata ? 🤷‍♀️ (i’m very new to tortoises) Also just yesterday i came across a baby (about half the size of a cigarette packet) & am wondering how much their markings change please? - in the summer i rescued a baby from some dogs & don’t know if this one i found yesterday was the same one? we rarely see babies there,most often we will find just empty baby shells 😥 I’d appreciate any help! 😁

[@discountdinosaur]

Can you cover tropical tortoises around the world? I keep elongated and redfoots and am very interested in their similarities and differences.

[@bothloveme]

The Egyptians say that their turtles get sick quickly and suffer from many problems, and it is difficult for them to adapt to the fluctuations of the weather. And they often dies. And I say buyer should also take into consideration the size the turtle will reach when it grows up.

[@bethmarsh2465]

It would be nice if you did a video on red footed tortoises and cherry head tortoises

[@dakotatigue3347]

I have two Russians and a Hermans tortoise they are amazing

[@luigidipinto4334]

How do you get the carapace so lucid? And I ask you can live on the terraio the hermanni

[@joshuagraham3854]

So many different kinds of turtles that were improperly cared for exhibit pyramiding, it seems! 🤔I know diet and UV are big factors in shell growth, but what exactly is the diet causing to happen, that gives the scutes that unfortunate shape? Are the scutes just growing too fast? 😕

[@GardenStateTortoise]

It’s mostly related to improper hydration and then improper diet is secondary. I truly believe it’s from so much outdated information still out there. We have been trying for decades to tell people the right way to raise yet we still get so many that are grown badly.

[@ChristineSchofield-ez9ud]

How do you tell if a Hermanns tortoise beak is too long and how to treat it please. Thanks

[@amrkoptan4041]

lovely

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you

[@Kdenlinkgaming]

Can u cover sliders like yellow belly’s red ears?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Surely!

[@evelyn_r]

LOL of course I wanna see more baby tortoises!

[@Daniele84z]

Ciao cosa metti nel carapace per renderlo così lucido?

[@hisnewlife3543]

Hello! I am hoping you will see my question. I have a new hatchling baby eastern box turtle and I bought the tiny turtle food you use, I put him in water, he tasted some a spit it out. How do I get my baby to eat? I am so worried about him or her. Thank you.

[@treasurecoastgypsy]

I noticed a tortoise, on you tube named TipToe, belonging to a young woman. Can you tell me ,what species is TipToe ?. Thanks.. Learning a lot from you!

[@beckyheard6083]

I love Tiptoe. His mom spoils him so. I believe he is a sulcata tortoise.

[@TraceysHomeFragranceRooms]

yeeah a baby video would be great x

[@kathryngordon5115]

Weird question - but hoping you can help. I lived in Ky for most of my life at one point a turtle came across our yard - it was big enough to come up to my adult calf. I had never seen any turtle that big all my in ky except that once. Any idea what it might have been?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

It’s hard for me to say without a description of it. Could have also been an escaped pet.

[@thelastwoltzer]

Why did I expect the Russian turtle to have red stars? Lol

[@autumnhazlett4788]

I have 20 gallon long tank but i want to know if I could house a tortoise (i live in NY so out habitat is out of the question and my room is too small for a tortoise box) does anyone know what breed is best for a 20 gallon tank

[@shortmankushhead2153]

I would love to get a couple of the Egyptian tortoises and breed them. Any breeders in the comments please reach out

[@fabianm.4217]

Show me the babies!!! ❤️

[@lukedavis8596]

is it true that the Russian tortoise only has 4 front claws?

[@harboranimal]

Mine has only 4 toes per foot!

[@mediterralien]

I have 2 testudo graeca nabeulensis sometimes they're are as small as the Egyptian tortoise

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Yes they are!

[@tedlawrence4189]

Question is: which one is the tastiest?

[@포오레]

거북이 왜케 좋아하누 나처럼ㄱㅋ

[@saloumehsallyvaghei4185]

that’s the situation i got a captive bred russian from new jersey

[@Jesus_Wojak]

My Greek might be a pancakes, deformed Marginated one. The poor girl was sold in my petshop but not well kept there.

[@Deshon_Holmes]

Am I the only one who notices the tortoise in the background? 😂😂

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🤣

[@figg9417]

2:43 someone stealing the show

[@janlvll5486]

Please do one on the different types of box turtles.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

It’s comin’!

[@glisa3801]

BABIES!

[@richardwatterson7262]

Hi Chris! Does a russian has slightly more fishy smelling urine than others? Or something wrong with mine?

[@matthewpetersen4417]

2:44 you have a upside down tuort.

[@artanddebearickson9729]

I heard your comments on the short video about what turtles can feel through their shells. Would you consider asking you tube to stop allowing videos of people removing barnacles and other snail type predators from their shells. Many of them are very abusive , using butcher knives and hitting the turtles, they need to be taken down . Would you look at them and consider helping?

[@michaelscorner5889]

i have a russan tortoise

[@deauntairichard5230]

Where can I purchase a Egyptian tortoise and everything is legit

[@ImpulseHobby]

"Russian" tortoises don't live in Russia at all. There are few populations across the Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. Some tortoises live in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Unlike the Mediterranean species, these tortoises have only 4 claws on the front legs.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

They actually do, despite what Wikipedia and other sources say, in very small pockets. Also, they are not the only Mediterranean species with only 4 claws as many Hermann’s tortoises do as well, particularly from areas such as Corsica and parts of the Balkans, to name a few.

[@ImpulseHobby]

@GardenStateTortoise I'm sorry, but you are wrong. They don't live in Russian south (Astrakhan region) near the Caspian sea. Some populations of Greek tortoises named Testudo Graeca Nikolskii and Tesudo Graeca Pallasi almost distinct in Russian part of the Caucasus (Sochi region).

[@GardenStateTortoise]

@@ImpulseHobby You’re still wrong, so I’d recommend doing some thorough research (not just copying and pasting what you’re reading because I know exactly where you’re taking that literature from) and then come back to this video. Thanks, good luck and take care.

[@ImpulseHobby]

@@GardenStateTortoise okay, okay... I'm not a hater, but I born in Kazakhstan, lived in Russia and now live and in Ukraine. I know my lands little better. Those Central Asian countries are independent over 30 years. Modern f**g Russia is not equal to all post soviet republics. Okay? BTW Here's the Clint's video about non-russian russian tortoise. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWingZuqoLmJirc

[@RC_Murphy]

Squinting at the population of horsfieldii in China like . . . I know they walk A Lot for little guys, but that seems excessive.

[@Yitzhakofeir]

Egyptian Turtles also live in Israel, though only in the Negev

[@mrghast7949]

noice

[@GardenStateTortoise]

👍🏻

[@AmanSharma-as7]

I love Russian ❤

[@rysn4566]

Why is that russian flat like a pancake? I had a pet russian when I was little and it was not quite that flat

[@tarasostapiuk8096]

Horsfield tortoises have a few subspecies

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Most are rather flat, notably more so than the other Testudo species but some are more domed.

[@Snake2s]

Ssss