Pair of Leopard Tortoises, Stigmochelys pardalis (Geochelone pardalis), Testudinidae.

The Leopard tortoise is a large and attractively marked tortoise which has a wide distribution in sub Saharan Africa including recorded localities in southern Sudan Ethiopia Eastern Africa including Natal Zambia Botswana Namibia Angola and Southwest Africa Lives in arid desert regions In this species males may attain a greater size than females a characteristic shared with certain other members of the genus Geochelone Large examples may be 60 cm over 2 feet long and weigh over 35 kg about 80 lbs Small examples often kept as pets