Critically endangered tortoise species found at conservancy

An endangered pancake tortoise that was discovered in Lewa wildlife conservancy. The seven Pancake tortoises were found on the conservancy, in the first-ever effort to establish the occurrence of the endangered species. The discovery extends the distribution range of the species in Kenya with past studies showing that the distribution of the tortoise in Kenya lies within the arid and semi-arid corridor from Marsabit County southwards to Kitui County. [Darlington Manyara, Standard]

A preliminary assessment carried out at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy has discovered a small population of critically endangered pancake tortoises.