Roland Seitre / Childres with African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species. Three newly hatched babies and one adult over 100 years old

Roland Seitre / Antoine Cadi, scientist, and assistant measure the shell of an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species....

Roland Seitre / African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species

David Perpinan / Hatching of an egg from an African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) after artificial incubation. Captive small repro only

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) Sahara

Robin Chittenden / Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans), Sri Lanka.

Philippe Clement / African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) Cabarceno Park, Cantabria, Spain. Captive, occurs in the Sahara desert, northern Africa.

Jane Burton / African Giant Tortoise (Testudo sulcata) with mouth agape, against white background

Jane Burton / African Giant Tortoise (Testudo sulcata) portrait, against white background

Roland Seitre / Close up of the posterior spur on the shell of an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species.

Roland Seitre / Newly hatched baby African spurred tortoises (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) emerging from burrow, Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species. First field study on...

Roland Seitre / African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species. Two newly hatched babies and one adult over 100 years old, Fir...