The numbers
Temperature
The cool side, 24–27°C, dropping to 21–23°C at night. This sheet states the cool side only. It gives no warm side or basking figure, so the hot end is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet statescool 24-27 °C (75-80 °F) / night 21-23 °C (70-75 °F)
Humidity
The sheet states35-50% (dry species)
UVB
The sheet statesT5 10–12%; replace ~6 mo
Identity
Adult size
The size the sheet states for a grown animal.
Why
Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.
How common this animal is
NOT a measure of how many are kept. These filings count animals shipped for any purpose, including the food trade and laboratory supply, and they are United States records only. The three largest volumes in the source belong to a food frog, a bait species and the standard laboratory amphibian.
US Fish and Wildlife Service LEMIS declared wildlife import and export records, as compiled in the received dataset
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Seen from above: the sheet gives a footprint and no height.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet states240 × 120 cm (8×4 ft) ideal; outdoor best
What your climate adds
This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.
Diet
Behaviour and handling
Reproduction
Common health problems
When to see a vet
Good to know
- Also called Horsfield's tortoise; a champion burrower digging deep to escape heat and cold.
- Can live 40+ years: it may outlive its owner.
- Active and curious: one of the most engaging small tortoises.
- Can live 40+ years — it may outlive its owner.
- Active and curious — one of the most engaging small tortoises.
Common questions
Glass tank okay?
No: needs a large open-top table or outdoors.
How long do they live?
40–50+ years: a lifelong pet.
Do they hibernate?
Can brumate: research carefully first.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.
- Tortoise table / large enclosure
- T5 UVB 10–12%
- Basking lamp + thermostat
- Topsoil/coco substrate
- Hide
- Shallow water dish
- Calcium + cuttlebone + weed mix
Sources
Others in this group
What this sheet states
Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.
UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.