African Spurred Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Reptiles
The African spurred tortoise, also called the sulcata tortoise, is an endangered species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It is the largest mainland species of tortoise in Africa, and the third-largest in the world, after the Galapagos tortoise and Aldabra giant tortoise. It is the only living species in its genus, Centrochelys.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Testudinidae
- Genus
- Centrochelys