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Red-footed tortoises have many common names: red-leg, red-legged, or red-foot tortoise (often without the hyphen) and the savanna tortoise, as well as local names, such as carumbe or karumbe, which means 'slow moving' (Brazil, Paraguay), wayapopi or morrocoy (Venezuela, Colombia), and variations of jabuti such as japuta and jabuti-piranga (Brazil, Argentina). [5]
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Home's hinge-back tortoise is naturally attracted to red or pink flowers. It prefers low light and often moves in early morning or dusk, preferring to stay hidden the rest of the day. [citation needed]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Red-legged tortoise may refer to: Red-footed tortoise, a tortoise native ...
Homopus is a genus of tiny tortoises in the family Testudinidae, endemic to southern Africa.Three species formerly included in Homopus were reclassified [when?] into the genus Chersobius, [citation needed] leaving two remaining as Homopus: the common padloper (H. areolatus) and the greater padloper (H. femoralis).
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The marginated tortoise lives in more mountainous regions than Hermann's tortoise. It can be found in elevations as high as 1,600 m (5,200 ft). The black color of the carapace is helpful for survival in this environment, as it allows the tortoise to absorb a great deal of heat in a short time, helping it maintain its body temperature .