Reptiles Come and visit our giant Sulcata Tortoises!
Our Sulcata Tortoises have to be seen to be believed! Watch as they bask in the sun & enjoy frolicking around with their playmate our fabulous Did-Dik, Thanos.
Sulcata Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
DietVegetarian. A sulcata tortoise diet consists of vegetation. Good foods include dandelion, clover, honeysuckle, leafy salads, watercress, curly kale, brussel tops, spring greens, coriander, parsley, rocket, carrot, parsnip, courgette and bell peppers.
GroupA Creep
PopulationThe wild population of sulcata tortoises is unknown, but their numbers are declining.
Did you know?The African spurred tortoise, also called the sulcata tortoise, is a species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara desert in Africa. It is the third-largest species of tortoise in the world, the largest mainland species of tortoise, and the only extant species in the genus Centrochelys.
