Tortoises For Sale
The breeds of Tortoise that we currently have for sale are listed here. To view available Tortoises for sale, click the breed of your choice from the list below.
Leopard Tortoise
African Spurred Tortoise
Russian Tortoise
Red Footed Tortoise
Hermanns Tortoise
Indian Star Tortoise
Pancake Tortoise
Cherryhead Tortoise
Greek Tortoise
Marginated Tortoise
Chinese Pond Turtles
Radiated Tortoise
Egyptian Tortoise
Aldabra Tortoise
Sri Lanka Star Tortoise
SulcataTortoise
Leopard tortoise
Scientific Name: Stigmochelys Pardalis Babcocki
Current Size: 2.5-3″range
Average Adult Size: 10-16″ (females larger)
Area of Origin: East Africa
Description: Sandy yellow color with variable black splashes throughout the shell. These tend to be a high domed tortoise, with males normally a bit more elongated and narrow than the rounder, wide females.
Diet consists of spring mix greens with many other leafy greens offered in rotation to that (mulberry, endive, grape leaves, hibiscus leaves, diced cactus pad and we use globe mallow leaves pretty regularly). We like to also add moistened Mazuri LS tortoise diet as well as ZooMed’s Gourmet Tortoise Food a few times a week, usually mixed and mashed into the leafy greens. The addition of the commercial diets take care of most or all of the supplementation needs, or you can sprinkle the food lightly with a calcium supplement 2 or 3 times a week and a multivitamin supplement 1-2 times a week. We also throw a pinch of our herbal hay on top of whatever they are eating almost daily, which adds variety and flavor and scent to everything.
Red footed Tortoise
Common Name: Redfoot Tortoise
Scientific Name: Chelonoidis Carbonaria
Current Size: 2″+
Average Adult Size: 12-14″
Area of Origin: South and Central America; Few Carribbean Islands
Description: Black shell color, usually with yellow highlights in the centers of each scute of their shell, which are present from hatching (the black color grows in with age). The skin is black, with bright red spots on the front and rear legs. Head color varies between specimens and localities, but is generally black skin with red or yellow scales present mostly on the top of the head. Males generally are a bit more colorful than females. We consider them “watermelon” shaped; somewhat elongated and rounded, no matter which angle you’re looking at them from. Males usually have a narrow waistline (hourglass shape) when viewed from above, although this isn’t always the case.
African spurred tortoise
Habitat: Hot, dry climates. This is one of the few tortoises that really struggles in high humidity areas (they can handle moderate humidity). They do not hibernate, but will go through a winter slow down period during cooler weather and shortened day lengths. As adults, they can safely handle body temperatures as low as 50 degrees at night as long as they are able to heat up into the 70’s during the day. Summer highs up to 120 degrees can be tolerated as long as there is a cooler, shaded retreat the tortoise can get into. Dampness is not a problem in high temperatures (a cool mud hole on a hot day), but in cooler weather the tortoises should be kept dry. As babies, these tortoises spend almost all their time in washes and underground in burrows, giving them a much more humid and moist environment than you picture the desert to be.
Diet: This tortoise is naturally a grazer, and will wander about nibbling on grass the majority of its natural life. In captivity, leopard tortoises will graze on grasses, as well as leafy weeds and clover (dandelions are a favorite). As babies, we focus more on feeding them a wide mix of leafy greens (spring mix), since they have a harder time eating the more tough grass. Vegetables can be added to the diet for variety, but fruit should generally be avoided.
Russian tortoise
Common Name: Russians Tortoise
Scientific Name: Agrionemys Horsfieldii
Current Size: 2″ +/-
Average Adult Size: 6-8″ (females larger)
Area of Origin: Several countries between Eastern Europe and Western China
Description: Light brown and olive color with dark brown bands around each scute of the shell. These tortoises are probably the most “different” of the Testudo type tortoises. They are almost completely rounded when viewed from above, which probably is to help them spin around when underground in burrows. They tend to be somewhat flattened on top, without much of a “dome.”
Hermanns tortoise
Common Name: Eastern Hermanns Tortoise
Scientific Name: Testudo Hermanii Boettgeri
Current Size: 4-5″ range
Average Adult Size: 6-9″ (females larger)
Area of Origin: Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Albania
Description: Light brown color with brown to black bands around each scute of the shell. These pretty tortoises are very similar in look to some localities of Greek tortoises, but lack the spurs on the rear thighs that Greeks have, as well as different colorations on the belly.
Indian star tortoise
Common Name: Indian Star Tortoise
Scientific Name: Geochelone Elegans
Current Size: 1.5-2″ range
Average Adult Size: 6-10″ (females larger)
Area of Origin: India and parts of Pakistan. Other variations exist in Sri Lanka.
Description: Black shell color with yellow lines radiating out of the scutes. These pretty species are a high domed tortoise, with males normally quite a bit smaller than the taller, rounder, wide females. Skin color is yellow. Some amount of pyramiding (where the centers of the scutes on the shell are raised, making the tortoises look bumpy) is seen in some wild star tortoises – likely the ones from lower humidity areas.
Pancake tortoise
Common Name: Pancake Tortoise
Scientific Name: Malacocherus Tornieri
Current Size: 5-7″
Average Adult Size: 6-7″
Area of Origin: Kenya and Tanzania, Africa
Description: True to their name, pancake tortoises are a very flat tortoise, designed to fit into the narrow crevices that they live in naturally. With a small adult size, these pretty tortoises have radiating patterns on their shells, much like star tortoises. Their shells are very soft for a tortoise, and quite flexible when held. While this helps them fit into narrow cracks in the rock, it leaves them vulnerable to predators that would have problems trying to eat harder-shelled tortoises.
Cherryhead tortoise
Common Name: “Cherryhead” or “Brazilian” Redfoot Tortoise
Scientific Name: Geochelone Carbonaria
Current Size: 2″+
Average Adult Size: 9-12″
Area of Origin: Brazil
Description: Black shell color, usually with yellow highlights in the centers of each scute of their shell, which are present from hatching (the black color grows in with age). This type of redfoot tortoise is more contrasted than the standard redfoot tortoises. The skin is black, with bright red spots on the front and rear legs. Head color is generally black skin with blood red markings (instead of the normal orange or yellow scales present on standard redfoots). We consider them “watermelon” shaped; somewhat elongated and rounded, no matter which angle you’re looking at them from.
Greek tortoise
Common Name: Greek Tortoise
Scientific Name: Testudo Graeca Terrestris
Current Size: 1.5″+/-
Average Adult Size: 6-9″ (females larger)
Area of Origin: Lebanon
Description: Light yellowish tan color with a darker brown patch in the center of most scutes of the shell. They are somewhat of a high domed tortoise, and most Greek tortoises maintain a “glossy” looking shell through life. As babies, these Greek tortoises look very similar to baby Hermanns tortoises with a much lighter yellow overall color. This subspecies of Greek tortoise tends to have a red or orange color to the head and arms – which isn’t as present in any other Greek tortoise type.
Marginated tortoise
Common Name: Marginated Tortoise
Scientific Name: Testudo Marginata
Current Size: 2″ range
Average Adult Size: 10-12″
Area of Origin: Greece
Description: Light brown color with brown to black bands around each scute of the shell. These pretty tortoises are similar in look to Hermanns tortoises, with generally a lighter overall color, and a light beige head instead of the darker heads that other Testudo have. The rear of the shell “flares” out when they reach adulthood. This is the largest of the Testudo (European) tortoises, and most think it is the most beautiful.
Chinese pond turtles
Diet: This tortoise is naturally a browser, and will wander about munching on broadleaf plants and fallen fruit the majority of its natural life. They are known to eat meat in the wild, seen eating dead animals, worms and snails. In captivity, yellowfoot tortoises will eat almost anything well, such as leafy weeds and clover (dandelions are a favorite), fruit, vegetables and they love Mazuri tortoise diet.
Adult Behavior: They are quite variable in their personalities. Captive bred yellows tend to be much more personable and interactive than wild caught specimens. Over time, WC will usually come around, but it can often take years for them to settle in. They are usually unaggressive towards each other and can usually be kept long term in mixed-sex groups. They are not damaging to their environment, rarely digging holes or burrows. Most will eagerly come to their keepers looking for food once they are comfortable in their environments.
Radiated tortoise
Common Name: Radiated Tortoise
Scientific Name: Astrochelys Radiata
Current Size: 7″+/- range
Average Adult Size: 12-14″
Area of Origin: Southern tip of Madagascar
These tortoises have been housed outdoors the past several years in Las Vegas with brief 4 month trips indoors for the coldest few months. They should be maintained outdoors in all but the coldest months.
Description: Radiated tortoises are one of the most stunning tortoises on earth, jaw droppers to anyone that sees them. They are very round in shape and very high domed; we often refer to them as our “bowling balls.” Jet black shells with crisp yellow and white bands radiating from the center of the scutes give them a pattern similar to a star tortoise, but with much more variation and a cleaner, crisper contrast. Head, leg and skin color is bright yellow often with a black patch on the top of the head. The face is blunt and round.
Aldabra tortoise
Common Name: Aldabra Tortoise
Scientific Name: Dipsochelys Dussumieri
Current Size: 12″ +/-
Average Adult Size: 36-48″ and 350-550 Pounds
Area of Origin: Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles Islands
Description: Black shell color from birth to adult size. The skin is black, which fades to a gray color with time and age. These massive, round tortoises are second in size only to the Galapagos tortoises. Some think that the Aldabras actually hold the record (800 pounds), but that the Galaps average slightly larger.
Egyptian tortoise
Common Name: Egyptian Tortoise
Scientific Name: Testudo Kleinmanni
Current Size: 1″+/-
Average Adult Size: 3.5-5″ (females larger)
Area of Origin: Libya/Egypt/Israel
Description: Very light sandy tan color with bold black markings on the shell. This is an extremely rare tortoise in the United States and in the wild, and is considered critically endangered. Egyptian tortoises are thought to tolerate (and prefer) slightly warmer overall temperatures than other tortoises in the testudo group. Egyptians are somewhat of a high domed tortoise. As babies, Egyptian tortoises look very similar to baby hermanns and greek tortoises.
Sri Lanka star tortoise
Common Name: Sri Lankan Star Tortoise
Scientific Name: Geochelone Elegans
Current Size: 2.5″+/-
Average Adult Size: 8-12″ (females larger)
Area of Origin: Island of Sri Lanka. Other variations exist in India and Pakistan.
Description: Black shell color with yellow lines radiating out of the scutes. These pretty species are a high domed tortoise, with males normally quite a bit smaller than the taller, rounder, wide females. Skin color is yellow. Some amount of pyramiding (where the centers of the scutes on the shell are raised, making the tortoises look bumpy) is seen in some wild star tortoises – likely the ones from lower humidity areas. Sri Lankan star tortoises average slightly larger than standard Indian stars, and show more yellow radiating lines on their shells.