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Leopard tortoise

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mating, the male makes grunting vocalizations. Nesting occurs between May and October when the female digs a hole and lays a clutch of five to 30 eggs. As many as five to seven clutches may be laid in a single season. Incubation takes 8–15 months depending on temperature. The numerous predators of the eggs and hatchlings include monitor lizards, snakes, jackals, and crows. Adults have few natural predators, but lions and hyenas have occasionally been reported preying on them.
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is high and domed with steep, almost vertical sides. Juveniles and young adults are attractively marked with black blotches, spots, or even dashes and stripes on a yellow background. In mature adults, the markings tend to fade to a nondescript brown or grey. The head and limbs are uniformly colored
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The leopard tortoise is a widespread species and remains common throughout most of its range. 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. They
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The leopard tortoise reaches sexual maturity between 12 and 15 years old, and may live as long as 80 to 100 years. During the mating season, males fight over females, ramming and butting their competitors. They trail after females for quite some distance, often ramming them into submission. When
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The leopard tortoise is the fourth-largest species of tortoise in the world, with typical adults reaching 40 cm (16 in) and weighing 13 kg (29 lb). Adults tend to be larger in the northern and southern ends of their range, where typical specimens weigh up to 20 kg
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are increasingly being bred in captivity for the pet trade. For example, most tortoises exported from Kenya and Tanzania originate in captive-breeding programs, alleviating collection from the wild.
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burrows. The leopard tortoise does not dig other than to make nests in which to lay eggs. Given its propensity for grassland habitats, it grazes extensively upon mixed grasses. It also favors
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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
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The phylogenic placement of the leopard tortoise has been subject to several revisions. Different authors have placed it in
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They are widely distributed across the arid and savanna regions of eastern and southern Africa, extending from
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meaning "leopard" and refers to the leopard-like spots on the tortoise's shell.
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Hand-list of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the British Museum
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IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
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Retracted fore legs of adult female leopard tortoise
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Smithsonian Institution Press. pp.  1236:Ernst, Carl H.; Barbour, Roger W. (1989). 915:Leopard tortoise closing hole with eggs in 71: 40: 31: 1196:"Psammobates pardalis (Leopard Tortoise)" 1135: 972: 803:Small 20-year-old leopard tortoise eating 1159: 1157: 1155: 666:Shell patterns fade in mature specimens. 1388:(Leopard Tortoise) Care – Misty Corton" 926: 769: 529:Le, Raxworthy, McCord & Mertz, 2006 1965:Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise 1959:Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise 1120:"Checklist of Chelonians of the World" 1026:Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014). 1021: 1019: 1017: 1015: 719:Leopard tortoise eating plant material 5024:Taxa named by Thomas Bell (zoologist) 563:of eastern and southern Africa, from 555:) is a large and attractively marked 7: 4994:IUCN Red List least concern species 1043:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 960:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 461:— Loveridge & E. 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tortoise 2028: 2023: 2018: 2013: 2008: 2002: 2000: 1994: 1993: 1991: 1990: 1985: 1979: 1977: 1971: 1970: 1968: 1967: 1961: 1955: 1949: 1943: 1936: 1934: 1927: 1926: 1924: 1923: 1918: 1916:Karoo padloper 1913: 1907: 1905: 1899: 1898: 1896: 1895: 1889: 1887: 1881: 1880: 1878: 1877: 1871: 1865: 1858: 1856: 1849: 1848: 1846: 1845: 1840: 1835: 1830: 1825: 1820: 1815: 1810: 1799: 1794: 1784: 1778: 1773: 1768: 1763: 1757: 1755: 1754: 1753: 1742: 1741: 1739: 1738: 1732: 1726: 1720: 1714: 1708: 1702: 1697: 1692: 1690:Chaco tortoise 1686: 1684: 1678: 1677: 1675: 1674: 1668: 1662: 1656: 1650: 1648: 1642: 1641: 1639: 1638: 1630: 1625: 1619: 1617: 1611: 1610: 1608: 1607: 1599: 1591: 1583: 1580:A. g. daudinii 1575: 1568: 1561: 1559: 1553: 1552: 1550: 1549: 1543: 1541: 1535: 1534: 1527: 1525: 1522: 1521: 1512: 1506: 1502: 1501: 1499: 1498: 1492: 1486: 1480: 1474: 1468: 1462: 1456: 1449: 1446: 1445: 1439: 1437: 1436: 1429: 1422: 1414: 1408: 1407: 1402: 1380: 1364:Edqvist, Ulf. 1360: 1359: 1345: 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Maryland Zoo 1207: 1184: 1177: 1151: 1130:(2): 294–295. 1110: 1058: 1052:978-0965354097 1051: 1011: 987: 925: 924: 922: 919: 918: 917: 914: 907: 905: 902: 895: 893: 890: 883: 881: 878: 871: 869: 862: 855: 853: 850: 843: 841: 838: 831: 829: 826: 819: 817: 814: 807: 805: 802: 795: 793: 790: 783: 781: 778: 771: 767: 764: 751: 748: 712: 709: 705:Central Africa 684: 681: 659: 656: 627:S. p. babcocki 623:S. p. pardalis 598: 595: 541: 540: 537: 536: 522: 513: 511:— Vetter, 2002 504: 485: 476: 463: 454: 445: 420: 407: 394: 381: 368: 355: 342: 321: 309: 298:Testudo armata 295: 276: 266: 263: 262: 259: 258: 252: 251: 244: 233: 232: 226: 225: 218: 216: 212: 211: 204: 200: 199: 194: 190: 189: 184: 180: 179: 174: 170: 169: 164: 160: 159: 154: 150: 149: 144: 140: 139: 134: 130: 129: 124: 120: 119: 106: 105: 92: 89: 88: 70: 67: 66: 61: 58: 57: 46: 45: 37: 36: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 5036: 5025: 5022: 5020: 5017: 5015: 5012: 5010: 5007: 5005: 5002: 5000: 4997: 4995: 4992: 4991: 4989: 4972: 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4443:Yaminuechelys 4439: 4437: 4436: 4432: 4430: 4429: 4425: 4423: 4422: 4418: 4416: 4415: 4414:Prochelidella 4410: 4408: 4407: 4403: 4401: 4400: 4396: 4394: 4393: 4389: 4387: 4386: 4382: 4380: 4379: 4374: 4372: 4371: 4367: 4365: 4364: 4360: 4358: 4357: 4353: 4351: 4350: 4346: 4344: 4343: 4339: 4337: 4336: 4332: 4330: 4329: 4328:Acanthochelys 4325: 4324: 4322: 4320: 4316: 4310: 4309: 4304: 4302: 4301: 4296: 4294: 4293: 4288: 4286: 4285: 4280: 4278: 4277: 4272: 4270: 4269: 4264: 4262: 4261: 4256: 4254: 4253: 4248: 4246: 4245: 4240: 4238: 4237: 4232: 4230: 4229: 4224: 4222: 4221: 4216: 4214: 4213: 4212:Kinkonychelys 4208: 4206: 4205: 4200: 4198: 4197: 4196:Itapecuruemys 4192: 4190: 4189: 4184: 4182: 4181: 4176: 4174: 4173: 4168: 4166: 4165: 4160: 4158: 4157: 4156:Eotaphrosphys 4152: 4150: 4149: 4144: 4142: 4141: 4136: 4134: 4133: 4128: 4126: 4125: 4120: 4118: 4117: 4112: 4110: 4109: 4104: 4102: 4101: 4096: 4095: 4093: 4091: 4090:Bothremydidae 4086: 4080: 4079: 4074: 4073: 4071: 4069: 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Index

Stigmochelys pardalis

Kruger National Park
South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
CITES
CITES
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Cryptodira
Testudinoidea
Testudinidae
Stigmochelys
Binomial name
Bell
Synonyms
Cuvier
nomen nudum
Gray
Fitzinger
Hewitt
Loveridge
E. Williams

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