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African Spurred Tortoise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The African spurred tortoise, also called the sulcata tortoise, is a species of tortoise, which inhabits the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in northern Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_spurred_tortoise
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African Spurred Tortoise - ARKive
The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) is the largest tortoise of the African mainland, and is surpassed in size only by the giant island species from Aldabra and Galápagos.
http://www.arkive.org/african-spurred-tortoise/centrochelys-sulcata/
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African Spurred Tortoise - AllTurtles
The African spurred tortoise is the largest tortoise on the African continent and the third largest in the world. This tortoise, which mostly dwells in the desert, is camouflaged very well by its whole sandy coloring, having impenetrable golden to yellow-brown skin and a brownish shell.
http://allturtles.com/african-spurred-tortoise/
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ADW: African Spurred Tortoise - Geochelone sulcata
G. sulcata is the largest of the African mainland tortoises. Only the Galapagos tortoises are larger. These tortoises have broad, oval, flattened carapaces that are brown to yellow in color.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Geochelone_sulcata/
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African Spurred Tortoise - AnimalCorner
The African Spurred Tortoise is also known as the Grooved Tortoise', the Spur Tortoise' and the African Spur Thigh Tortoise'.
https://animalcorner.co.uk/animals/african-spurred-tortoise/
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Sulcata Tortoise - Facts and Information
From the name of the African spurred tortoise itself, it is easy to tell that they are native to the African continent. They can particularly be found in the Sahara Desert, in countries across the continent including Ethiopia, Sudan, Nigeria, Mali, and Mauritania among many others.
http://www.sulcatatortoise.net/facts-and-information/
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Sulcata Tortoises - Anapsid
Sulcata tortoises are native to more northern parts of Africa, ranging from the southern edge of the Sahara down through the arid countries, including Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, the Sudan, and Ethiopia, up through the dry, hot Massaua coast bordering the Red Sea.
http://www.anapsid.org/sulcata.html
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African Spurred Tortoise - ReptilesMagazine
The African spurred tortoise is also called the spurred tortoise or sulcata. The sulcata used to be a rare tortoise but because of successful captive breeding it is now one of the most common tortoises in captivity.
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Turtle-Tortoise-Species/African-Spurred-Tortoise
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Tortoise Trust Web - African Spurred Tortoise
The largest land tortoise the African Spurred Tortoise.
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/care/csulcata.html
