Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoides (Geochelone) carbonaria. Adult male. Eating fallen fruit. Guyana.


Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoides (Geochelone) carbonaria. Adult eating, selecting food item by colour. Native to much of northern South America. Here in Guyana. Found in drier transitional areas between forest and grassland savannah.


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