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Leopard Tortoise

Reptiles

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Kept as Pets 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Stigmochelys pardalis 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Testudinidae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Leopard Tortoise

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Leopard tortoise
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Africa

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sudan

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Leopard tortoise
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    This tortoise is a grazing species that favors semiarid, thorny to grassland habitats.
  • lead paragraph (diet), EntityId 335859
    This tortoise is a grazing species that favors semiarid, thorny to grassland habitats.
  • Conservation
    Human activities, including agricultural burning, consumption, and especially commercial exploitation in the pet trade, are potential threats, but have not yet caused significant population declines.
  • Article text
    The leopard tortoise has been listed in Appendix II of CITES since 1975, and in 2000, the United States banned their import because of the risk posed by heartwater, an infectious disease carried by tortoise ticks that could seriously impact the US livestock industry.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • 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,..."
View the Source
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikidata: Leopard Tortoise
Child Taxon Of: Testudinidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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