The leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) is a large tortoise of the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, ranging from South Sudan and Somalia down to South Africa and Namibia, and is named for the leopard-like blotched pattern on the yellow shell of juveniles, which fades to plain brown or grey in mature adults. It is the fourth-largest tortoise species, with typical adults reaching about 40 centimeters and 13 kilograms, and large individuals from the extremes of its range growing considerably bigger. It is a grazer, feeding on grasses and forbs and occasionally gnawing bones for calcium, and can live 80 to 100 years. The IUCN assesses it as Least Concern.
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Source Wikidata: Leopard Tortoise
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Leopard tortoise
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sudan, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Leopard tortoise
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This tortoise is a grazing species that favors semiarid, thorny to grassland habitats.
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This tortoise is a grazing species that favors semiarid, thorny to grassland habitats.
Description
The IUCN assesses it as Least Concern.
- In Biome: Grassland, Wikipedia intro: "s commonly placed in Geochelone. This tortoise is a grazing species that favors semiarid, thorny to grassland habitats. In both very hot and very cold weather,..."
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3. Wikidata: Leopard Tortoise
Child Taxon Of: Testudinidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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