Florida's Wildest Animal Rescue Office After stopping a tortoise from crossing a busy ... "Turns out he's an African Sulcata, which are native to the southern edge of the Sahara Desert." ...

PUNTA GORDA, Florida (WFTX) — After being missing for eight days, an African spurred tortoise named Shelly has been reunited with her family in a rural Punta Gorda neighborhood. Shauna Corocoran ...

Origin: Tropical, sub-Saharan Africa Habitat: Found in Florida in urban areas, buildings, walls, fences, and trees; they prefer sunny spots for basking African spurred tortoises, also called sulcata ...

A North Side park had a very unlikely visitor early last week -- a 50-pound African Spurred Tortoise -- and it’s still unclear how it got there. (Animal Care Services/KSAT) SAN ANTONIO – A ...

A mischievous pet tortoise woke up a sleeping Golden Retriever dog so he could pass by. CCTV footage shows the eight-year-old African-spurred sulcata named Jeed crawling around the garage and annoying ...

It’s rare that a sulcata, or African spurred tortoise, ever meets its offspring despite having a long life. This endearing moment was captured on film, but is not common in the wild. Once a ...

Origin: Tropical, sub-Saharan Africa Habitat: Found in Florida in urban areas, buildings, walls, fences, and trees; they prefer sunny spots for basking African spurred tortoises, also called ...