Leopard Tortoise Facts: BLACK and YELLOW Tortoise 🐢 Animal Fact Files

The leopard tortoise is a black and yellow tortoise that gets its common name from the leopard! Learn more leopard tortoise facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files! Scientific Name: Stigmochelys pardalis Range: east and southern Africa Habitat: grasslands such as savannahs, sagebrush landscapes, dry evergreen forests, coastal thickets Size: average 44 pounds (20 kg) in weight, 20 inches (50 cm) long Diet: plant material such as fruit, succulents, etc. as well as carrion, bones, feces Threats: snakes, monitor lizards, carnivorous mammals such as honey badgers, lions, hyenas, etc. Lifespan: 30+ years is assumed 🐢 MORE TORTOISE FACTS ON ANIMAL FACT FILES 🐢 Desert Tortoise Facts -    • Desert Tortoise Facts: DON'T Make Them PEE...   Aldabra Giant Tortoise Facts -    • Aldabra Giant Tortoise Facts: Galapagos To...   Galapagos Tortoise Facts -    • Galápagos Tortoise Facts: the LARGEST livi...   ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, their requests made first, exclusive content, and more! ✨ 👉   / animalfactfiles   There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok -   / animalfactfilesyt   📸 Instagram -   / animalfactfiles   🐦 Twitter -   / animalfactfiles   📚 Facebook -   / animalfactfiles   --- Leopard Tortoise NAME 0:00 Leopard Tortoise HABITAT 0:35 Leopard Tortoise SIZE 1:04 Leopard Tortoise THREATS 1:35 Leopard Tortoise LIFE CYCLE 2:07 Leopard Tortoise BEHAVIOR 3:02 Leopard Tortoise DIET 3:45 Thanks! 4:12 --- Image and Video Credits: Pumba Wildermis -    • Leopard Tortoise drinking water #tortoise ...   Bernard DUPONT - https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/5... ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/1... ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/3... ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/1... ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/5... ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/5... ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/5... ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/5... Research Credits: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRp... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz... https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1... https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... #animalfactfiles #leopardtortoise #tortoisefacts