5616 x 3744 px | 47,5 x 31,7 cm | 18,7 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. November 2015
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Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora). Critically Endangered. Permanent engraved identification marks made on carapace scutes help reduce chances of theft as well as for individual animal recordings. Durrell Breeding Centre, alongside Ankarafantsika National Park. Endemic. Madagascar. Rarest species of tortoise in the world, maybe, with only 400 to 500 left in the wild. The totortoises natural habitat of tropical dry deciduous forest in northwest Madigascar, despite legal protection, is being degraded and fragmented. Collection of tortoises for smuggling to human food markets in Asia, and for 'pets', are all serious threats to the survival of this unique, endemic species. Young tortoises bred by Durrell Wildlife breeding centre have been re-introduced to a few of the pristine sites still intact and their survival closely monitored.