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Sri Lankan Star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
Welcome
Allergic & asthmatic tortoise keepers
- Substrates - allergics - substrates & allergic tortoise owners, indoor substrates review
- Housing - allergics - housing & allergics, indoor tortoise enclosure materials, indoor air quality, indoor humidity, air cleaners, dust mites etc.
Burmese & Indian / Sri Lankan Star tortoises
(Geochelone platynota & Geochelone elegans)
- Books - books about Star tortoises, parasitology, veterinary medicine
- Profile - Burmese - Burmese Star tortoise description
- Profile - Indian / Sri Lankan - Indian / Sri Lankan Star tortoise description
- Burmese vs Indian / Sri Lankan - differentiating the two Star tortoise species, Geochelone platynota and Geochelone elegans
- Pattern development - examples of line growth in G. platynota and G. elegans
- Personality - Geochelone elegans vs G. platynota
- Male vs female - differentiating male and female Star tortoises, with photos
- Breeding - sexual maturity, mating, egg laying, hatchlings
- Eggs & incubation - temperature, humidity, incubators, incubation substrates
- Diet & foods - feeding Star tortoises, foods, supplements
- Bowls & dishes - food and water bowls, water fountains
- Housing - indoors - indoor enclosures, tables, and tubs
- Housing - outdoors - building outdoor pens for Star tortoises
- Housing - tables - one-level, two-level, and ready-made tortoise tables
- Housing - allergics - enclosure materials, air quality, etc.
- Lighting / heating - indoors, includes info on preferred temperature gradient, humidity levels, UVB light bulbs, basking bulbs, heat emitters, light fixtures, lamp safety, heat mats, temperature controls, timers, electricity usage, UV meter, thermometers, hygrometers, and more
- Substrates - general - indoor substrates for Star tortoises
- Substrates - allergics - more detail on substrates
- Hideboxes - dry hides, humid hides
- Caresheet - Star tortoise care in a nutshell
- Misc. care tips - additional Star care tips
- Pyramiding - conical scutes in Star tortoises, natural or not?
- Fecal exams - DIY fecal floats and direct smears for detecting parasites
- Star Fun - some of my Star collectibles
- Star tortoise gifts - Indian / Sri Lankan & Burmese Star tortoise, Radiated tortoise, and Angulate tortoise gifts in many designs; includes t-shirts, sweatshirts, cards, magnets, mousepads, necklaces, ornaments, embroidered shirts & jackets & caps & bags, and more * tortoise gifts
Photo Gallery - Burmese Stars
Photo Gallery - Indian / Sri Lankan Stars
Other starred tortoises
Angulate tortoises
(Chersina angulata)
- Books - books about Angulate tortoises
- Profile - meet the Angulate tortoise, aka Bowsprit tortoise
- Care - caring for Angulate tortoises in captivity
- Male vs female - differentiating male and female Angulate tortoises, with photos
- Breeding - Angulate tortoise courtship & mating, w. photos
- Eggs & incubation - incubating Angulate eggs, w. photos
- Photo gallery - start here for Angulate photos
Popular tortoises
- Popular Tortoises - species list with photos
- Greek tortoise - aka Mediterranean Spur-Thighed tortoise; profile, books, links
- Greek pics - Greek tortoise photos
- Hermann's tortoise - Mediterranean species; profile, books, links
- Hermann's pics - Hermann's tortoise photos
- Leopard tortoise - from Africa; profile, books, links
- Leopard pics - Leopard tortoise photos
- Red-footed tortoise - from tropical South America; profile, books, links
- RF pics p.1 - Redfoot tortoise photos
- RF pics p.2 - more RF photos
- Russian tortoise - fun little guys; profile, books, links
- Russian pics - Russian tortoise photos
- Sulcata - African Spurred tortoise, the big guys; profile, books, links
- Sulcata pics - sulcata photos
- Box Turtles - not tortoises, but require similar care; profile, books, links
- Box pics - Box Turtle photos
Miscellaneous pages
- Supplies - tortoise products, links
- Rescue - tortoise rescue and adoption links
- Getting a tortoise - captive bred is best
- General care - general tortoise care, housing, diet, health, diseases, breeding
- UVB readings - examples of UVB readings taken with the Solarmeter 6.2; outside, MVB bulbs, UVB fluorescent bulbs, basking bulbs
- Kids' page - turtle game and links for kids
- Linking etc. - disclaimer, references, and linking
- Guestbook - sign the guestbook
- Links - allergies and toxins, Burmese Stars, Indian/Sri Lankan Stars, tortoise diet and edible plants, indoor and outdoor tortoise housing, fecal exams, Radiated tortoises, Angulate tortoises
- What's new? - updates to this website
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