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    (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Claudia Komesu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Ryan van Huyssteen, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Joseph Ott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Leopard Tortoise

Stigmochelys pardalis

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Reptiles
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About

The leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) is a large and attractively marked tortoise found in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan to the southern Cape. It is the only member of the genus Stigmochelys, although in the past it was commonly placed in Geochelone. This tortoise is a grazing species that favors semi-arid, thorny to grassland habitats. In both very hot and very cold weather they may dwell in abandoned fox, jackal, or aardvark...

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