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

Thomas Rabeil / Portrait of a Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata). Termit Massif, Niger, Africa.

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.

Ingo Arndt / Close up of foot of Spurred tortoise {Geocheloone sulcata}

Ingo Arndt / Close up of foot of Spurred tortoise {Geocheloone sulcata}

Ingo Arndt / Close up of Spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) shell, Senegal, Africa, vulnerable species

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...

Roland Seitre / Newly hatched baby African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) held in the hand of a research scientist, Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species. F...

Roland Seitre / Egg of an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) held in the hand of a research scientist, Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species. First fiel...

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

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

Roland Seitre / Antoine Cadi, scientist, and others radio tracking a tagged African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species. Fi...

Roland Seitre / Antoine Cadi, scientist, checks the ground surrounding the burrow of an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable...

Roland Seitre / Antoine Cadi, scientist, and others check the ground surrounding the burrow of an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa,...

Roland Seitre / Antoine Cadi, scientist, checks the burrow of an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species. First field s...

Roland Seitre / Andrea Gomis, director of the reserve, and Antoine Cadi, scientist, carry an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulne...

Roland Seitre / Antoine Cadi, scientist, and Andrea Gomis, director of the reserve, study an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulne...

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

Adam White / African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) beside burrow, captive

Jabruson / Spurred tortoise {Geochelone sulcata} Kenya, East Africa

Ingo Arndt / African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) underside detail of foot and claws

Ingo Arndt / African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) underside detail of foot and claws

Rod Williams / Spurred tortoise portrait {Geochelone sulcata} captive occurs Africa

Jane Burton / African spurred tortoise (Testudo / Geochelone sulcata) captive

Mark Taylor / African Spurred or Sulcata Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata). Captive, occurs in Africa.