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The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), also called the sulcata tortoise
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The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), also called the sulcata tortoise, is a species of tortoise, which inhabits the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in northern Africa. It is the third-largest species of tortoise in the world, the largest species of mainland tortoise, and the only species in the genus Centrochelys.
The African spurred tortoise is native to the Sahara Desert and the Sahel, a transitional ecoregion of semiarid grasslands, savannas, and thorn shrublands found in the countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan In these arid regions, the tortoise excavates burrows in the ground to get to areas with higher moisture levels, and spends the hottest part of the day in these burrows. This is known as aestivation. Burrows may average 30 inches in depth; some dig tunnel systems extending 10 feet or more underground.
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Photographe : Cayman
Date
11 sept. 2015
Crédit
Photo12/Alamy/Cayman
Notre référence
LMY22T01_FDWTJ2
Utilisation
uniquement en France
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
30,5Mo (1,9Mo) / 33,9cm x 22,6cm / 4000 x 2667 (300dpi)