Angonoka tortoise
Videos
The angonoka tortoise is a critically endangered species of tortoise severely threatened by poaching for the illegal pet trade. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is also known as the angonoka, ploughsha
Ploughshare Tortoise
Angonoka tortoise bred in captivity in the Ivato Croc Farm, Antananarivo
Radiated tortoise
Videos
The radiated tortoise is a tortoise species in the family Testudinidae. Although this species is native to and most abundant in southern Madagascar, it can also be found in the rest of this island, an
Angonoka tortoise
…φόρος (-phóros) 'bearer') based on the distinguished shape of the gular scute in the front of the plastron. The angonoka tortoise (A. yniphora) and the radiated tortoise (A. radiata) are the only species in the genus Astrochelys. Astrochelys is attributed to John Edward Gray, who used the name in his 1873 book Hand-list…
Radiated tortoise Tsimanampetsotsa
The shell star-pattern of the radiated tortoise
The stuffed remains of "Tu'i Malila", the longest-lived radiated tortoise on record
A pair of radiated tortoises mating