Leopard tortoise (Mountain tortoise)
Appearance
Shell heavily blotched or streaked, almost dark grey in large adults. hatchling bright yellow each scute having 1-2 black clutches. Upper shell has no small scale above neck.
Habitat
A grazing tortoise that favours semi-arid, thorny to grassland habitats. Widespread except most of highveld, succulent Karoo and Namib Desert.