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Help identifying a Greek tortoise subspecies

So I recently got this little baby tortoise, and I'm sure it's a greek tortoise but I'm unsure about the subspecies.

The coloring of the shell suggests it's a Testudo Graeca Nabeulensis (Tunisian tortoise) but the location it lived in suggests otherwise, it was found in Northwestern Algeria, which suggests it might be a Testudo Graeca Whitei or much less likely Testudo Graeca Graeca.

Also I've noticed since I've had 2 Greek tortoises before, the males usually have a cloaca that more closely resembles a slit that goes all the way down the tail rather than a star shaped hole at the base of the tail, so this might indicate it's a male but only time will tell.

u/B8liar — 2 days ago