Shell colour Home’s Hingeback Tortoise
How dark or how yellow the shell is and how sharply the rear of it flares. Varies between individuals and with the population.
How it is produced
- Where it comes from
- This is not a single gene. It is produced by choosing which animals to breed, over generations.
- What that means for breeding
- No offspring percentage can be given for it. Breeders judge it by looking at the parents.
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
Shell colour is produced by selective breeding over generations, not by a single gene, so no offspring percentage can be given for it. Breeders judge it by looking at the parents.
Worth knowing. This species is Critically Endangered and is collected heavily both for the pet trade and for food. Almost every animal offered is a wild-caught import rather than captive-bred, and they typically arrive dehydrated and heavily parasitised.
What this rests on
Established by breeders through repeated crosses and recorded in community documentation, not by published genetics. That is how almost all morph inheritance is known — and it is worth saying rather than presenting it as laboratory fact.