red-footed tortoise
chelonoidis carbonaria latin

Many of the local names are shared with the similar red-footed tortoise.

There are recognized differences between red-footed tortoises from different regions.

Habitat destruction is another significant threat to the red-footed tortoise, and so many other species.

Various authors have divided the red-footed tortoise into different groups by anatomy and geography.

Red-footed tortoises have also been observed following apparent scent trails laid by an individual a day or two earlier.

Daisy, a large red-footed tortoise, crawled under a director's chair and pushed it several feet across the asphalt.

Very rarely a red-footed tortoise will lay eggs on the surface, or within a patch of cacti.

Red-footed tortoises have been observed at the base of fruit trees, apparently waiting for fruit to fall.

The red-footed tortoise shares some of its range with the yellow-footed tortoise.

The marginals of very young red-footed tortoise are serrated, especially over the hind limbs.

Red-footed tortoises are popular pet tortoises around the world.

Red-footed tortoise, a tortoise native to South America.

Red-footed tortoises show gender, regional and individual variations in color, shell shape, and minor anatomic characteristics.

As the climate and topography changed, groups of red-footed tortoises became physically separated and genetically isolated.

Red-footed tortoises often follow each other, usually a smaller one following a larger and quite often males following males but all combinations are seen.

In 2008, the zoo opened a new tropical rainforest which houses such animals as two-toed sloth, red-footed tortoises and Rodrigues bats.

Red-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonaria) are popular pet tortoises from northern South America.

Hatchling and young red-footed tortoises have much rounder and flatter carapaces that start off as mostly pale yellow to brown.

Red-footed tortoises are often found in or near transitional areas between forest and savannah, such as forest clearings, wood edges, or along waterways.

Most species of tortoise spend much of their day inactive, and red-footed tortoises generally spend over 50% of the daylight hours at rest.

There are currently no subspecies of red-footed tortoise, although many believe the species has five or more variants that may be subspecies or even separate species.

Adult red-footed tortoise carapaces are generally an elongated oval with sides that are nearly parallel, although the sides of males may curve inwards.

Ed recalls one time after two days on low rations when he and his Peruvian walking companion Cho spotted a red-footed tortoise nestling in the leaf litter.

Resting tortoises barely move, allowing leaf litter to accumulate on them, and termites have built tunnels on the carapaces of resting red-footed tortoises.

Among the 17 species is an Asian pond turtle, a South American red-footed tortoise, sea turtles, box turtles, snapping turtles, painted and slider turtles.