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I was just curious if any leopard experts know FOR SURE of the average size of adult pardalis pardalis and adult pardalis babcocki?
I was just doing my usual tortoise browsing (nerd stuff) and I saw on turtlesource that he stated this
"The“giantâ€of the Leopard Tortoises, reaching lengths of up to 33 inches, and weights over 100 pound"
Is this for real? Of course I know they are larger than their babcocki counterparts but do they really reach 33 inces long??!
I've yet to see any pictures of pardalis pardalis that large. Most pictures I have seen look like adults between 20-25 inches tops. I understand most are young adults in America, but is there any reliable information confirming a possible size of 33 inches?
I've seen the pictures of the giant babcocki from Ethopia that are more than impressive, but have yet to see it with p.pardalis from the South.
Any help from the experts on this topic would be appreciated. I was just shocked at how large turtlesource claimed the PPs to get!
I was just doing my usual tortoise browsing (nerd stuff) and I saw on turtlesource that he stated this
"The“giantâ€of the Leopard Tortoises, reaching lengths of up to 33 inches, and weights over 100 pound"
Is this for real? Of course I know they are larger than their babcocki counterparts but do they really reach 33 inces long??!
I've yet to see any pictures of pardalis pardalis that large. Most pictures I have seen look like adults between 20-25 inches tops. I understand most are young adults in America, but is there any reliable information confirming a possible size of 33 inches?
I've seen the pictures of the giant babcocki from Ethopia that are more than impressive, but have yet to see it with p.pardalis from the South.
Any help from the experts on this topic would be appreciated. I was just shocked at how large turtlesource claimed the PPs to get!