🐢African spurred tortoise
蘇卡達象龜 （學名：Centrochelys sulcata），又名非洲盾臂龜、盾臂龜及蘇卡塔爾陸龜，原為象龜屬，之後被分入Centrochelys屬，目前是Centrochelys屬下的唯一現存的物種。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 43 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 54 years
Everything we know about the African spurred tortoise
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass43 kgrecord 81 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Maximum lifespan54 yearsrecord 100 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
DietHerbivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCathemeralReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length1.01 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female0.58 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
- Male1.01 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l43 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for African spurred tortoise yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyTestudinidae
- ›genusCentrochelys
- ›speciesCentrochelys sulcata
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- superfamilyTestudinoidea
- familyTestudinidae
- genusCentrochelys
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyTestudinoidea
- familyTestudinidae
- genusCentrochelys
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