Leopard Tortoises

Welcome to Jeff and Lana's Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) web site.

We've been raising and caring for these delightful animals for 15 years and find them fascinating.

As you may know, there is strong disagreement among the experts as to whether there is just one subspecies (babcocki) or two (babcocki and pardalis)  of Leopard Tortoises. We are certainly not experts on taxonomy, but based on our animals' geographic origin (South Africa), sizes, and fast growth rates of the babies, we believe we have the pardalis pardalis, Giant Leopard Tortoises.

(The babcocki get up to 30 lbs; the pardalis can reach 50 to 90 lbs.!)

For a description of our tortoises, go here.

If you are interested in purchasing a Leopard Tortoise,  check these out.  However, our entire 2006 stock is sold out.  If you would like to place your name on our waiting list for next year's tortoises, click here.

We also have some information on Leopard Tortoises that we hope will enable you to get more enjoyment out of your pet.

Sexing Leopard Tortoises is not difficult if you know how to do it.