Ufudo

Ufudo sisilwanyana esirhubuluzayo ngokokulandelelana kosapho lwakwa  Testudines oluhlala emhlabeni. Kanye njengabazala balo abahlala emanzini,   ooqongqothwane bolwandle, amafudo bakhuselwe ngoqweqwe kwiintshaba zabo ezibazingelayo ezifuna ukuwabulala.    Ayacothoza xa ehamba, aze atye uhlaza. Uninzi lwawo mancinane kakhulu, kodwa ooqongqothwane bomhlaba bayakwazi ukuzolula amaxesha amaninzi atsho abemakhulu: laa aseGalapagos athandwa kakhulu. UDarwin wenza enye yeempazamo ezinqabileyo xa angazange aqonde okokuba ingaba isilwanyana ngasinye kwez sivela kwisiphi na isiqithi.   Kwathi kamva kwabonakala ngokucacileyo okokuba zinawo umahluko othile ngokweziqithi ezihlala kuzo ngokwahlukana kwazo.  

Oofudo abahlalayo eMzantsi Afrika
Chersina
C. angulata 
Geochelone
G. pardalis 
Homopus 
H. areolatus 
H. boulengeri 
H. femoralis 
H. signatus 
Kininyx
K. belliana 
K. spekii 
K. lobatsiana 
K. natalensis 
Psammobates
P. geometricus
P. tentorius 
P. oculifer 

 Okunye ongakufunda ukongeza koko sele ukufundile 
 Chambers, Paul. A sheltered life: the unexpected history of the giant tortoise. John Murray (Publishers), London. 2004. ISBN 0-7195-6528-6.
 Gerlach, Justin.  Giant tortoises of the Indian Ocean.  Chimiara publishers, Frankfurt.  2004

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