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Turtles & Tortoises · Testudines
Tortoises
Family Testudinidae
The true tortoises — terrestrial, herbivorous and extraordinarily long-lived. From the manageable Hermann's and Russian to the giant sulcata, which outgrows most homes.
3 species on Baskden · 3 with a full care guide.
- Russian TortoiseTestudo horsfieldiiThe small, hardy, dog-tame tortoise — a wonderful first tortoise if you can give it the floor space and the decades.
- Sulcata TortoiseCentrochelys sulcataThe adorable hatchling that becomes a 100-pound, yard-sized, decades-long commitment — cute now, enormous later.
- Hermann's TortoiseTestudo hermanniThe friendly, manageable Mediterranean tortoise — a great first tortoise like the Russian, with the same decades-long commitment.