Sri Lankan Star Tortoise

Sri Lankan Star tortoise for sale – We have some beautiful captive bred Sri Lankan star tortoises for sale.  Our Sri Lankan star tortoises for sale are eating a variety of greens and are very active and healthy.  They have extremely bright colors over a very solid black contrast and are sure to impress anyone looking for an exotic Sri Lankan star tortoise for sale.

Description
SIZE: Geochelone elegans is a medium to large size tortoise. The specimen that so far holds the size record was a female from the northern part of the species’ distribution area, which weighed 7 kilograms and measured 380 mm SCL, but most specimens are considerably smaller. Females are much larger than males, who seldom reach sizes over 200 mm SCL. In adults the sexual dimorphism is striking. Aside from the difference in size, females have a more rounded appearance, and the males tail is much larger than that of the female. In addition to these characteristics, males have a concave plastron while the plastron of a female is completely flat and the gap between the anal and supracaudal plates is larger in females. Recently, I received information about a supposed male, kept in captivity in Maharashtra in India but originally from Jamnagar district of Gujarat, which weighs as much as 10 kilograms.

APPEARANCE: The ground colour of the shell is light cream to dark yellowish brown, and a number of wedge-shaped black fields on each scute form the characteristic star pattern. In this, the Star tortoise differs from certain others of the starred tortoises, e.g. the Radiated tortoise, which has a dark ground colour with light markings. This fact is easily illustrated by the fact that while ageing radiated tortoises grow very dark due to the radiating pattern being lost by wear, old star tortoises tend to become increasingly yellow as the black fields are worn out.