Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoides (Geochelone) carbonaria. Adult male. Typical post orbital head markings. Guyana. South America.

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Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoides (Geochelone) carbonaria. Adult male. Native to much of northern South America. Here in Guyana. Found in drier transitional areas between forest and grassland savannah.

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