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Species
Least Concern豹紋陸龜（學名：Stigmochelys pardalis、英文名﹕Leopard tortoise），又名豹龜，主要生活在蘇丹南部至南非開普省東部和非洲南部的在熱帶稀樹草原地區。 豹紋陸龜是豹龜屬的單屬種，但在過去，豹紋陸龜曾經常被當作象龜屬中的一個物種 。此龜屬草食性，有利於牠們在半乾旱的草原作為棲息地，但亦有部分豹龜在多雨的地區棲息。 在這極熱和極冷的天氣底下，牠們會住在狐狸、豺或食蟻獸廢棄的巢穴，因此，牠們並不會再另外挖洞作產卵之用。豹紋陸龜通常會有80年至100年的壽命。
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The leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) is a large and attractively marked tortoise found in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan to the southern Cape Province. It is the only extant member of the genus Stigmochelys, although in the past, it was commonly placed in Geochelone. This tortoise is a grazing species that favors semiarid, thorny to grassland habitats. In both very hot and very cold weather, it may dwell in abandoned fox, jackal, or aardvark burrows. The leopard tortoise does not dig other than to make nests in which to lay eggs. Given its propensity for grassland habitats, it grazes extensively upon mixed grasses. It also favors succulents and thistles.
Taxonomy and etymology