Yellow Foot Tortoise For Sale(1-20inches)

yellow foot tortoise for sale – yellow foot tortoise size

This designation is somewhat misleading as there are some that never grow beyond 14 inches (34 cm) as adults.  While there are adult yellow foot tortoise for sale Geochelone denticulata that are over 22 inches (55 cm)  and even  28 inches  (70 cm) in length,  these individuals  are fairly rare with most reaching only 16  – 20 inches (40 cm – 50 cm).

Upon initial sighting, a Yellow foot tortoise for sale looks very similar to the closely related Red-foot tortoise for sale, Geochelone carbonaria, with the primary distinction being the presence of yellow scales on the forelegs of G. denticulata and red scales on the forelegs of G. carbonaria  (thus the common names for each).  However, of all of the differences for these two species, this is actually the most variable.

Difference between red foot tortoises for sale & yellow foot tortoises

While Red-foots may be more intensely colored, this is not a universal distinction; there are Yellow-foot tortoises that are very brightly patterned and comparatively drab Red-foots.  While there are numerous morphometric differences between these two species, by far the easiest method of telling Red foots and baby yellow foot tortoise for sale apart is the differences in the scalation of their heads.

Yellowfoot tortoise for sale have elongated prefrontal scales and a fragmented frontal scale.  Red-foots have shortened prefrontals and an intact frontal scale. The prefrontal and frontal scales are the scales at the tip of the nose.  In addition to this obvious difference, female Red-foot tortoises are more elongated, looking much like a loaf of bread while older male Red-foots tend to develop an hourglass shape.   Adult yellow foot tortoises for sale of both sexes  tend to be wider/ rounder  and somewhat flatter in their overall shape.

Yellow foot tortoises come from the rain forest regions of S. America

In addition to this, in rainforests the lighting is dim.  It is these conditions that we seek to match when providing for Yellow-foots, providing a high humidity environment with night temperatures above 65 degrees F (18 C) and day temperatures below 95 degrees F (35 C). Yellow-foots are less tolerant to very high temperatures than Red-foots, possibly because they have less tendency to wallow in shallow water and mud during times of extreme heat.  They stress easily and providing a dim area such as large plantings / ground cover for hiding is of paramount importance.

Yellow foot tortoise habitat setup for Indoor

The most common form of indoor accommodation for small or medium sized Yellow foot Tortoise for sale consists of a “turtle table’. To all appearances this looks like a bookshelf unit flipped onto its back. A reasonable size habitat for a hatchling is 2 feet by 3 feet (60 cm by 90 cm), as the animal grows the size of this habitat should be increased. For a large adult Yellow foot tortoise for sale near me the indoor accommodation should be at least 8 feet by 4 feet (240 cm by 120 cm).

Taxonomy

The yellow-footed tortoise is also called the yellow-foot or yellow-legged tortoise, the Brazilian giant tortoise, or South American forest tortoise, as well as local names such as morrocoy^{[what language is this?]}, woyamou^{[what language is this?]} or wayamo^{[what language is this?]}, or some variation of jabuta^{[what language is this?]}. Many of the local names are shared with the similar red-footed tortoise.

Leopold Fitzinger created the genus Geochelone, meaning “earth turtle” for medium-to-large tortoises that did not come from the Mediterranean area (which remained Testudo), or have other special characteristics such as the hinged shells of the genus Kinixys. Fitzinger further used the term Chelonoidis as a subgenus to categorize Geochelone from South America. Neither term was widely used until they were resurrected by researchers such as Williams in 1960.