Quoted: “It looks liek an African Spurred Tortoise or sulcata tortoise which is an North African species commonly kept as pets and this just happens to be a large specimen,” said Dr. Kurt Sladky from UW School of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Sladky says an African Spurred Tortoise is the third largest tortoise specimen in the world, but the largest of turtles kept as pets. The doctor estimates this one could be about 20 years old.