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Afican spurred tortoise / Sulcata & Radiated tortoise / Radiata
Geochelone sulcata & Astrochelys radiata
-7.98189, 112.627
Field Notes
Description:
Sulcata is the third largest species of tortoise in the world and the largest species of mainland tortoise. Sulcata is considered endangered.
Native to Madagascar, Radiata are critically endangered due to loss of habitat, being poached for food, and being over exploited in the pet trade.
Habitat:
Sulcata lives in the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in northern Africa.
Radiata prefer dry regions of brush, thorn (Diderae) forests, and woodlands of southern Madagascar.
Notes:
Both of this tortoises species located in local Zoo in Batu, Malang.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2011
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