Cornel's World
2' x 1' x 1' PVC Reptile Enclosure – Compact PVC Terrarium (23" x 12" x 12")
From $144.00
Made to order · 2 options
Tortoise and box turtle
Sulcata tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
Kept the same way as the box turtle, red-footed tortoise and Hermann's tortoise, so they share one kit: the same heat, light, and humidity, sized to the animal.
We are still putting together the setup for a sulcata tortoise. Ask us and we will help you choose, or start with the gear below.
Care sheet
What it needs
We have taken these figures from published sources and are still checking them against our own experience. Treat them as a guide, and ask us before you buy.
- Basking surface
- 35 to 40°C Measured on the surface the animal lies on, not in the air.
- Daytime air
- 21 to 32°C The cool end, away from the lamp.
- Night air
- 21 to 23°C
- UV index at the basking spot
- 2.9 to 9.5 Zone 3. Open or partial sun basker, thermoregulator
- Humidity
- 40 to 80%
- Daylight hours
- 13 h in summer, 11 h in winter
- Where it lives
- Arboreal
- Adult length
- 40 to 80 cm
- When it is active
- Crepuscular
- How it lives
- Terrestrial
- Typical captive life
- 50 years
- Longest recorded life
- 54 years A record from the literature, not what to expect. Most animals live well short of it.
Our reading of the literature, not veterinary advice. Animals vary, and so do rooms, so take these figures, and any setup the builder puts together, as a starting point, and ask a reptile vet about your own animal. Where the figures come from.
From the catalogue
Gear that may suit a sulcata tortoise
Matched to its size and care by the catalogue, not yet checked by us. Ask before you buy.
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Cornel's World
2' x 2' x 3' PVC Reptile Enclosure – Compact Arboreal PVC Cage
From $405.00
Made to order · 4 options
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Where it comes from
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Chad, Niger, Mali, S Mauritania, Senegal, Central African Republic (range generally lies along the southern perimeter of the Sahara Desert), Cameroon Introduced to the US and British Virgin Islands and established there.
Breeding: oviparous. Temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Nemesházi & Bókony 2023.
Where the figures come from
- Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital, 'Sulcata Care' Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital.
- ReptiFiles, 'Sulcata Tortoise Care Sheet' ReptiFiles.
- The Reptile Centre, 'Which Ferguson zone is my reptile in?' (zone list after Ferguson et al. 2010 and the BIAZA UV-Tool) The Reptile Centre.
- Tree of Life Exotic Pet Medical Center (Phoenix, AZ), 'Sulcata Tortoise Care' Tree of Life Exotic Pet Medical Center.
- iucn-tftsg.org
- animaldiversity.org
- The Reptile Database Uetz P, Freed P, Aguilar R, Reyes F, Hosek J (eds.).
- AnAge: the Animal Ageing and Longevity Database (build 15) Human Ageing Genomic Resources, de Magalhaes JP et al.
- How much UV-B does my reptile need? The UV-Tool, a guide to the selection of UV lighting for reptiles and amphibians in captivity Baines FM, Chattell J, Dale J, Garrick D, Gill I, Goetz M, Skelton T, Swatman M. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research 4(1): 42-63.