African spurred tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

Description:

Very scaly front legs, deeply incised, angular scales on carapace

Habitat:

is now living in an indoor nature reserve location

1 Species ID Suggestions

KevinBBabbitt 11 years ago

african spurred tortoise

Geochelone sulcata African spurred tortoise

5 Comments

ChrisV. 11 years ago

Thank you, Kevin!

MrsPbio 11 years ago

Not a gopher tortoise.

KevinBBabbitt 11 years ago

That is an african spur thighed tortoise

ChrisV. 11 years ago

Not sure--it is in a local educational center; sounds as if it had been owned by a family and given to the program....(??) Definitely not injured. Appeared very robust. Was told it was a Ethiopian tortoise of some kind, can't remember the specific name.

Maria dB 11 years ago

Why is it in that reserve - was it injured?

Spotted by
ChrisV.

Cedar Springs, Michigan, USA

Spotted on Aug 20, 2012
Submitted on Aug 20, 2012