Spur-thighed Tortoise

I don't know about tortoises, I would guess not because they are land creatures. A terrapin is slightly different to both tortoises and turtles. A terrapin is a freshwater creature, which spends quite a lot of time out of water, and will eat grass and plants out of the water. If properly trained, they will also take meat, like ham, out of your fingers. But they need to eat certain foods, like dried shrimp, from the water.

Dangermouse, I have read that turtles do not have Saliva and that is why they need to eat the food in water. is it the same with Tortoise?

Lol, I can imagine! The terrapin doesn't have a name, though I think most of the time he's just called Dude. He had water plants in his pond, but he ate most of them, thinking it was grass! Now when he's out he just tries to get into the dogs' water bowl instead! Great fun, aren't they? :)

I love the first picture - poor plant, though! :) He is gorgeous! Not a tortoise expert, but I do have a pet terrapin who lives outside in a small pond, but spends a lot of his time inside the house (and yes, he's house trained!)

I would guess Desert Tortoise. A really nice picture.

His shell is really beautiful! does he eat his food inside a bowl of water?

Good series, the first pic is really funny! Unfortunately, we can´t help you with the species. But if this is your pet, you should edit this pic and put it into the category of pets