Ethiopian giant

[diamondbp]

I was on flickr.com looking up "ethiopia tortoise" and came across some AWESOME PHOTOS of HUGGGEEE leopard tortoises. Here is just one expample

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnd...ueo65-8ueo8Y-6ouWhn-Pqeno-8338Wp-ubgL2-Jothg/

 

[tortadise]

Yes indeed. Quite large and fantastic.

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

i found this photo on Facebook

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Great Picts but those leopards have to be at least 75 years old but they look great for being older then me !

 

[jskahn]

It looks like a Sulcata cross to me.

 

[leopard777]

he squatting behind the leopard tort , makes it look bigger .

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

he squatting behind the leopard tort , makes it look bigger .

heres a better pic, different leopard

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

sad part about the tort pics i just posted they where all wild caught

 

[Tom]

Some of these are rumored to have made it to Europe. None here in the states that I know of...

 

[diamondbp]

wow that's insane size. I would love to see that in person

 

[FLINTUS]

Some of these are rumored to have made it to Europe. None here in the states that I know of...

So I have heard from a few people. I think a few ended up in that 'secret' Swiss conservation group, and I know the Spanish got some as a fact, but don't know anyone with them, I will contact one person at a guess though.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Wow, they are all so light colored. Hardly any dark/black spotting.

 

[mike taylor]

Man you can tell almost the females from the males . By the wear marks .

 

[wellington]

Wow, would love my Tatum to get that size. Very sad though seeing them in those boxes and not going to be wild any more.

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

Wow, would love my Tatum to get that size. Very sad though seeing them in those boxes and not going to be wild any more.

its kinda strange the Facebook page i found those pics on seens like a tortoise breeder and trafficker. they even purposely breed sulcatas to leopards!

 

[wellington]

That really stinks.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Man you can tell almost the females from the males . By the wear marks .

Wow, you're right!

 

[bouaboua]

That is a BIG torts for sure.

 

[FLINTUS]

Wow, would love my Tatum to get that size. Very sad though seeing them in those boxes and not going to be wild any more.

@Tom, Xavi, a Spanish importer, from what I've understood from his message, has sold them in the past, and has a 60cm one available now, but imports so to speak have stopped into Europe aside from a middle man in Asia.

 

[juli11]

@Tom, Xavi, a Spanish importer, from what I've understood from his message, has sold them in the past, and has a 60cm one available now, but imports so to speak have stopped into Europe aside from a middle man in Asia.

Yes many of these paradalis sold from Spain. And maybe you see the "wave" of adult paradalis which came some mouths ago. I think much of them come from this import.
I also think that the only country from where Europe still get WF adult leopards is SA. And than only with a special approval...