Achatinidae
Acavidae
Ariophantidae
Camaenidae
Clausiliidae
Discidae
Dyakiidae
Helicidae
Chronidae
Pomatiidae
Pupinidae
Streptaxidae
Subulinidae
Veronicellidae
Cambalopsidae
Harpagophoridae
Oxydesmidae
Pachybolidae
Paradoxosomatidae
Polydesmidae
Pseudospirobolellidae
Rhinocricidae
Spirobolidae
Spirostreptidae
Zephroniidae
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
Chelidae
Chelydridae
Kinosternidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Testudinidae
Agamidae
Diplodactylidae
Gekkonidae
Iguanidae
Mabuyidae
Scincidae
Xantusiidae
Scarabaeidae
Boidae
Armadillidiidae
Porcellionidae
Blaberidae
Ectobiidae
Salticidae
Theraphosidae
Gryllidae
Scorpionidae
Phrynichidae
The leopard tortoise is a larger species of terrestrial turtle with a distinctly arched shell. In captivity, it is a trouble-free turtle that has the same requirements for breeding as other species of steppe terrestrial turtles. We must therefore provide a suitable source of UVB radiation and a suitable plant diet (dandelion and other meadow plants in summer and Chinese cabbage in winter). Even though these turtles are from dry areas, they must always have a bowl of fresh water in their tank. It is also a good idea to bathe the hatchlings regularly.
Forms from these areas were previously classified as subspecies babcocki, but new findings suggest that the genetic differences are not great enough to distinguish them as subspecies. Nevertheless, the differences between the former pardalis babcocki and pardalis pardalis are significant, both in size (pardalis is significantly larger) and, for example, in egg incubation (pardalis needs diapause).
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