Leopard Tortoise

© Nigel Dennis

Vito

Leopard Tortoise [Stigmochelys pardalis] ntlawo wungwanyani I [Geochelone pardalis]

Ntlawa

Reptilia

Nolongoloka

Testudines

Rixaka

Testudinidae

Subspecies

Western Leopard Tortoise [Stigmochelys pardalis pardalis] na Eastern Leopard Tortoise [Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki]

Length_F

750 mm

Length_M

300 - 450 mm

Xifanekiso

Tinakuri tikula kufika ka 700mm hiku leha na 40g hikutika. Xikhamba xibumbeke hidome. Nomo wayona yina hook, yi unisupis kotala yi serrated.

Mphakelo

Yikumakala a savanna hile Afrika, kusukela a Sudan kuya a Southern Cape. Kufika ka history xibodz exi axikana a Western Cape leyi ayitiviwa hikuri I Transkei, hilemathlelo ya KwaZulu Natal nale Lesotho.

Andzani

Xibodze xaxisati yibeka matandza ya 6-15, xikhamba xakona xitiye ngopfu. Ngonji layi bekelaku matanza risaka rakona ritiriswa himasiku hin=nkwahu. Swivavani swakona si 23-50g hikutika tileha ka 40-50mm.