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The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), also called the sulcata tortoise, is an endangered species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, the Sahel, in Africa. It is the largest mainland species of tortoise in Africa, and the third-largest in the world, after the Galapagos tortoise and Aldabra giant tortoise .
[3] [4] In 1995, the painted turtle was named as Michigan's state reptile. [5] Reptile habitats in Michigan are generally split into four regions: the northern and southern Lower Peninsula and the eastern and western Upper Peninsula, with differentiations based on climate, soils, underlying bedrock and glacially-derived landforms. Region one ...
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A female of T. h. boettgeri subspecies laying eggs in soil pit A hatchling of T. h. hermanni. Between May and July, female Hermann's tortoises deposit between two and 12 eggs into flask-shaped nests dug into the soil, [14] up to 10 cm (3.9 in) deep. [13] Most females lay more than one clutch each season. [14]
Hatchlings north of a line from Nebraska to northern Illinois to New Jersey [137] typically arrange themselves symmetrically [138] in the nest and overwinter to emerge the following spring. [116] The hatchling's ability to survive winter in the nest has allowed the painted turtle to extend its range farther north than any other American turtle.
An Aldabra giant tortoise, an example of a giant tortoise.. Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, [1] as well as two extant species with multiple subspecies formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands.
Incubation takes from 100 to 140 days, and hatchlings emerge in the early fall. [ 32 ] Though its potential lifespan in the wild is unknown, the alligator snapping turtle is believed to be capable of living to 200 years of age, but 80 to 120 is more likely. [ 33 ]
The angonoka tortoise's reproductive patterns coincide with the seasonal rainfall patterns of the region, with both mating and hatching occurring at the onset of the rainy seasons. [21] With a 71.9% fertility rate and a 54.6% hatching success rate, about 4.3 hatchlings are produced per female tortoise. [1]