Two wild leopard tortoises...

[peasinapod]

...and an actual leopard in south africa.

 

[mitchellr]

What subspecies is this?

 

[Neal]

Looks like a male and female. Hopefully they had a chance to do "the deed" to make more wild babies.

 

[Tom]

Cool! Where? Judging by the darker colors I would guess to the South. They tend to be lighter than this around Johannesburg and darker than this near the Cape, so I'm really curious where these ones were found.

The most recent study that I have seen was from 2010 and it listed 6 different "clades" within South Africa. I wonder where this one is from.

 

[Prairie Mom]

It's cool to see photos of them in the wild. Thanks for posting!

 

[peasinapod]

Cool! Where? Judging by the darker colors I would guess to the South. They tend to be lighter than this around Johannesburg and darker than this near the Cape, so I'm really curious where these ones were found.

The most recent study that I have seen was from 2010 and it listed 6 different "clades" within South Africa. I wonder where this one is from.

Sabi Sands, game reserve.

 

[Tom]

Sabi Sands, game reserve.

Oh wow. I looked it up. That place looks fantastic.

So its up in the North East of RSA. Interesting. I've never been up that way, so this was very cool to see. Thank you for posting these for us.

 

[diamondbp]

What a treat. Thanks for sharing.

 

[wellington]

Man, to only see them in person. So cool, thanks.

 

[gingerbee]

Nice to see!!

 

[peasinapod]

Sorry for not replying, internet has been quite scarce here.

The bigger one was definitely a female, the smaller one we don't know. It was definitely the more active and feisty one!

I will be going to Cape town over the next few days so I am hoping to see a couple Chersina angulata.

In the reserve they also had Spekes hingebacks, but they almost never see them.