Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora). Critically Endangered. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Madagascar.

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Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora). Critically Endangered. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust breeding centre, alongside Ankarafantsika National Park. Endemic Madagascar. Rarest species of tortoise in the world.

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