Speke's hingeback tortoise

Northborne, Chantilly VA

Description

Speke's Hingeback tortoises are likely the heartiest and most personable of the 6 African hinge-backed tortoise species. Only growing to about 7.5 inches, they are an excellent apartment/condo species. Also known as the Savanna hinge-back tortoise, Speke's are found in a wide range of rocky to tropical habitats from Mozambique to South Africa, including nearly all of Zimbabwe...This is a very handsomely shaped tortoise, with classic curves, the full functioning hinge, and lots of contrasting color variations - and breeding sized adults show hints of pinks and blues on their heads and necks. Speke's hingeback tortoises are mostly herbivores, but they also appreciate the occasional (once a week) snail or insect - ours like night crawlers, along with a regular diet of lettuce and other greens, yellow & green squash, tomato, cactus & even pumpkin and some mushrooms... Very easy to keep, this friendly little tortoise species is disappearing in many parts of it's range, and is one that breeders are only beginning to work with - so availability is very limited. These are very hard to find locally. Due to my work schedule emails will be responded to April 9 -10, pick up is only on this weekend. Rehoming fee is $150. These animals normally cost several hundred dollars and have a $50-$60 overnight shipping fee if you can find one available. Please stop flagging this as $150 is a reasonable rehoming fee to make sure my tortoise goes to a good home.