It's been quite awhile since I've posted here but thought I would post a picture of a bow sprit tortoise we found on a recent trip to South Africa. This was a juvenile we found crossing the road.
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Angulated Tortoise
Jerry D. Fife
Jul 04, 2005 12:59 PM
Replies (8)
herpheart13
Jul 04, 2005 01:38 PM
Wow, what a gorgeous tortoise. You don't see many of those, do you?
J.L.
EJ
Jul 04, 2005 04:00 PM
In SA they are as common as dirt.
>>Wow, what a gorgeous tortoise. You don't see many of those, do you?
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>>J.L.
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ezl
Jul 06, 2005 03:21 AM
...what a morph 
mayday
Jul 04, 2005 02:30 PM
Beautiful tortoise. Did you see any other local species?
RobBierman
Jul 04, 2005 09:15 PM
It is gorgeous, i wouldn't mind having one.
kefke
Jul 06, 2005 01:13 PM
Can you tell me the scientific name please. I'm from Belgium and scientific names (Latin) are universal, so easier for me 
Thx!
zovick
Jul 06, 2005 01:57 PM
The scientific name for the South African Bowsprit Tortoise is Chersine angulata. Sometimes the practice of commonly calling the species "Angulated Tortoises" causes confusion with the Madagascan tortoise, Geochelone yniphora, which has been called "North Madagascar Angulated Tortoise". Whether this similar use of the word "angulated" is due to the fact that these two species are the only two tortoises with single gular scutes is not known to me, but that is a possible explanation.
kefke
Jul 06, 2005 02:14 PM
Thx for clearing that up to me! Google indeed gave me the other tortoise and I was kind of confused.
