-Is
the smallest tortoise in the world
-poorly studied
-Going extinct
The speckled cape padloper tortoise is the smallest species of tortoise found. Found in western South Africa, it grows to be about 6-8 centimeters with the male being smaller than the female. Here are some images.
http://home.biotec.or.th/NewsCenter/my_documents/my_pictures/536Z1_smallest_05.jpg
http://academic.sun.ac.za/capeherp/cederberg/images/Tortoises/Homopus%20signatus%20caferweb.jpg
