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At Regal Reptiles we have a large selection of Russian tortoises on display. The scientific
name, the Latin name of Russian tortoises is Testudo horsfieldii and this is almost
a full grown, this is a regular breed specism this is an adult. She's about 10 years old
and this is a girl Russian tortoise, they can live for about 30-40 years. There have
been some reports of them living possibly up to 100 years. They are born about the size
of a quarter. This guy here is about 2 years old, he's about 4". He was actually born in
the wild and collected most of the Russian tortoises you are going to find available
in the pet trade are collected animals. But these guys acclimate very well to captivity
so this is about a 4" Russian tortoise. They come from Pakistan and they live throughout
Pakistan and even up to China, they are very popular easy to take care tortoises because
of their size. They do not get gigantic.