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MEET TIPPY TOES OUR AFRICAN SPURRED TORTOISES! 

Scientific Name: Centrochelys sulcata

 

Diet: Eat grasses and plants

 

Fun Fact:

The African Spurred Tortoise hiss when they are frightened .

Where can you find me?

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Southern edge of the Sahara, from Senegal and Mauritania east through Mali, Niger, Chad, the Sudan, Ethiopia, along the Red Sea in Eritrea.      

STATUS: Vulnerable

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