Giant South African leopard tortoise hybrid

Hybrid Giant South African Leopard Tortoises for sale

Very unique and amazing south African leopard tortoise hybrids are 75% Giant South African Leopard, 25% Pardalis Babcocki East African leopard tortoise.  (1 of their parents is 50% Regular East African Leopard, 50% Giant South African leopard, and the other parent is 100% Pardalis Pardalis Giant South African).

Hybrid Giant leopard tortoise for sale

We have been selling out of these spectacular hybrid giant leopard tortoises for sale almost as fast as they hatch!  We have some beautiful, active and healthy captive bred hybrid baby giant south African leopard tortoise for sale (Approx 2-2.25″).  We do recommend the well started hybrid giant leopard tortoise babies (available here) over the fragile fresh hatchlings for those with less experience as they’re even more active and easier to care for then the hatchling stage.

(Pardalis Pardalis) The South African Giant Leopard Tortoise, Pardalis pardalis is a rarely seen, very large growing subspecies of the common Leopard Tortoise (pardalis babcocki) from the extreme southern portion of the Leopard Tortoise range into Namibia and South Africa. The“giant” of the Leopard Tortoises, reaching lengths of 14-22 inches on average at 40-65lbs, Giant South African Leopard Tortoises are easily distinguished by their telltale spotting in the center of their shell, having “double or triple dots” rather than single or no dots like a standard leopard tortoise (pardalis babcocki).

Giant South African leopard tortoise hybrids

We’ve seen growth rate at 16-18″ with these hybrids, so they are definitely larger than the traditional east African leopard tortoise, but not as large as the 100% pure Giant South Africans.  They do exhibit double dots on scutes like pure Pardalis Pardalis but not always and not on every scute.

The Leopard tortoise hybrid giants are not only bigger, they are known for being are a bit more outgoing and personable than a normal leopard and also have a marbled spotted pattern on their head and body, setting them apart from the traditional sub species.  They do well on Mazuri tortoise chow, opuntia cactus and a variety of mixed greens and grasses with a dusting of calcium supplement all available at Cbreptile.com.  With a Biologist ON-SITE, we pride ourselves on selling only top notch tortoises, all coming with our live arrival and full 7 day health guaranteed, ready to ship to you via FedEx Overnight in heated insulated boxes.  One shipping charge covers up to 4 tortoises.  Leopard tortoises are some of the most beautiful of all tortoises for sale.  When considering any tortoise for sale, or turtles for sale, captive bred baby tortoises for sale and turtles for sale should be your only consideration instead of wild caught.  Some of the best tortoise breeder in the world only work with captive bred animals.  Whether it be huge sulcata tortoise for sale, or small russian tortoise for sale, we are your source for the best of the best!

All photos are for reference and are not of the animal you will be receiving. We go by age, not size, as each animal grows at its own rate. Hatchlings are 1-4 months, well started are are 4.5-7.5 months, and yearlings are 8+ months. Our biologist will send an animal from whatever end of that age range we have available at that time. We do our best to sex the reptiles we sell, however, we cannot guarantee sex for anything that is purchased other than adults.  We are accurate on most juveniles and hatchlings, but we do make mistakes as some animals do not show their sex as early as others, depending on many factors. Any species of animal that is capable of being temperature sexed while incubating is sexed in that manner, as there is no way to visually sex them until later in life.