Black-backed jackal (silver-backed jackal) (Canis mesomelas) eating a small Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Swartberg Pass, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Karoo National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Swartberg Pass, South Africa, Africa

Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Leopard (mountain) tortoise, Geochelone pardalis, in Namaqua National Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Swartberg Pass, South Africa, Africa

Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (geochelone pardalis), masaii mara, kenya, close, up view from front.

Tortoise walking in sand

Leopard Tortoise in Savannah, Botswana

Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis). Frightened and quickly rushing past a resting female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) which does not show any interest at all in the little chelonian. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) drinking front view in waterhole in Kruger national park, South Africa

Leopard Tortoise, Stigmochelys pardalis), moving on bare ground, dry shrub savannah, Laikipia County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) walking along waterhole in Kruger national park, South Africa