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Photographs on this page were taken by Alberto Esquivel and José Luis Cartes and are used with their permission.
RED-FOOTED TORTOISE Chelonoidis carbonaria
Tortoises are terrestrial turtles, they cannot swim and have feet adapted for locomotion on land - not flattened as in the turtles. There are two species of Tortoise found in Paraguay, though neither is either to find. The Red-footed Tortoise is the largest and more colourful of the two. Tortoises are vegetarians, feeding entirely on plant matter and using their bird-like "beak" to crop the most succulent shoots.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP20PH) Adult frontal, location unknown (José Luis Cartes undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP21PH) Adult lateral, location unknown (Alberto Esquivel undated).
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