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  2. African spurred tortoise - Wikipedia

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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. Lost tortoise in Texas travels 50 miles, spurs frantic four ...

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    Christy and Sam care for a brood of animals including two Highland bulls, a miniature donkey and horse, four dogs, a Mississippi map turtle and a sulcata tortoise hatchling they have name Little Joe.

  4. Tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Adult male leopard tortoise, South Africa Tortoise laying eggs Young African sulcata tortoise. Most species of tortoises lay small clutch sizes, seldom exceeding 20 eggs, and many species have clutch sizes of only 1–2 eggs. Incubation is characteristically long in most species, the average incubation period are between 100 and 160.0 days.

  5. Oklahoma City Zoo announces birth of five rare giant tortoise ...

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    The Zoo has four adult giant tortoises ranging in age from 80-120 years old. Their names are Max, Isa, Miss B, and Ellie. The new babies are also the father Max's first-ever hatchlings.

  6. 'Gitmo' in the Mojave: How the Marines are saving endangered ...

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    The Marines are hardly the only threat to tortoises. Roads and highways have carved up previously wide-open stretches of desert into parcels that are in some cases too small to allow for the ...

  7. Gopher tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.The species is native to the southeastern United States.The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species.

  8. Angonoka tortoise - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, 75 tortoises were stolen, which later appeared for sale in the Netherlands. The project was ultimately successful, achieving 224 captive-bred juveniles out of 17 adults in 2004. Project Angonoka developed conservation plans that involved local communities making firebreaks, along with the creation of a park to protect the tortoise and ...

  9. Baby desert tortoises come to Living Desert for ‘head start ...

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