Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora). Critically Endangered. Enjoying close attention of a keeper. Durrell


Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora). Critically Endangered. Enjoying close attention of a keeper. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Breeding Centre, alongside Ankarafantsika National Park. Madagascar.


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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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