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Posted by niki on November 29, 2001 at 21:37:31:

In Reply to: well....... posted by niki on November 29, 2001 at 21:21:27:

I took this info off of the hibernation web page:

GEOCHELONE SULCATA (African Spurred Tortoise)

Please be careful not to confuse this tortoise with the similarly named Spur-THIGHED tortoise (Testudo graeca). Unfortunately, Geochelone sulcata, the African spurred tortoise is very frequently mis-described as the "African spur-thighed" tortoise which understandably cause a lot of confusion for everyone. The spur-thighed tortoise (T. graeca) and African spurred tortoise (G. sulcata) are very different animals indeed. T. graeca is relatively small tortoise rarely more than 10'' in length, while an adult G. sulcata is two and a half-feet long and can weigh almost 200 pounds! In addition, T. graeca can hibernate while G. sulcata does not. The Tortoise Trust has books and other informtion dealing specifically with Geochelone sulcata if required.

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: I took this info off of the hibernation web page: : GEOCHELONE SULCATA (African Spurred Tortoise) : Please be careful not to confuse this tortoise with the similarly named Spur-THIGHED tortoise (Testudo graeca). Unfortunately, Geochelone sulcata, the African spurred tortoise is very frequently mis-described as the "African spur-thighed" tortoise which understandably cause a lot of confusion for everyone. The spur-thighed tortoise (T. graeca) and African spurred tortoise (G. sulcata) are very different animals indeed. T. graeca is relatively small tortoise rarely more than 10'' in length, while an adult G. sulcata is two and a half-feet long and can weigh almost 200 pounds! In addition, T. graeca can hibernate while G. sulcata does not. The Tortoise Trust has books and other informtion dealing specifically with Geochelone sulcata if required.

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