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Two tortoises, South Africa (1 Viewer)

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Can anyone please confirm that the first 3 video stills are a Leopard Tortoise (as our guide said) and tell me what the second animal is in stills 4 and 5? Both in Shamwari Reserve north-east of Port Elizabeth, eastern Cape.
 

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yes, fist 3 are Stigmochelys pardalis. the other two look like male of Centrochelys sulcata, African spurred tortoise (head size), but not sure, pictures to much blured.
 
Thank you for your help. Yes, full zoom video stills never quite as sharp as one would like! But I thought the Spurred only lived in the Sahara and Sahel region of North Africa. Have they been introduced to South Africa? Is the animal in pics 4 and 5 possibly a less well marked Leopard too?
 
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