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When to see Kalahari Tent Tortoise in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Kalahari Tent Tortoise are most active during the day (07:00 to 18:00).
This is Kalahari Tent Tortoise's general behavior. Once enough sightings are logged in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, this page also shows when they're actually seen here.
About the Kalahari Tent Tortoise
A small tortoise of the arid Kalahari region, favouring thornveld, bushveld and arid grassland across Botswana, Namibia and the western border areas of South Africa. It is thinly and widely distributed, with individuals normally rare and far apart, and is internationally known as the serrated tortoise for the ray-like black star pattern radiating across each shell scute on a tan background.
How to identify the Kalahari Tent Tortoise
Low-domed shell strongly serrated along the front and back margins, with a radiating star pattern of black rays on each tan scute; males have a longer tail, taller conical scutes and a concave belly
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