Karoo Cape Tortoise
The Karoo cape tortoise or Karoo padloper (Homopus femoralis) is a tiny tortoise of the Homopus genus, endemic to the Karoo region of South Africa. This is the largest of the padloper tortoises, but it is nonetheless tiny, averaging slightly over 10 cm in length. Like its close relative, the beaked cape tortoise, it has only four toes on its front feet. Its shell ranges in colour from olive to red, and is slightly flattened. Its habitat is restricted to rocky areas of the Great Karoo roughly from Pearston and Wolwefontein in the east to Sutherland and Carnarvon in the west.
Karoo Cape Tortoise
Karoo Cape Tortoise
Karoo Cape Tortoise
Karoo Cape Tortoise
Karoo Cape Tortoise
Karoo Cape Tortoise
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