Photo 1462120, (c) Peter Slingsby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Slingsby

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What

Parrot-beaked Tortoise (Homopus areolatus)

Observer

peterslingsby

Date

September 23, 2014

Description

This gorgeous little guy was crossing the road where there is karoo on both sides. His Afrikaans common name is 'swaarweerskilpad' or 'donderweerskilpad', and sure enough that evening the area had a helluva thunderstorm ...
Witteberg road near Laingsburg

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