AHB Series 22 – Ploughshare Tortoise – Astrochelys yniphora | Turtle

ONE OF THE RAREST TURTLES · critically endangered

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

Ready to Display

A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

A Golden Dome

Its tall, richly domed shell glows in warm golden tones with fine growth rings, making it one of the most beautiful of all tortoises — a look this plump figure celebrates.

The Ploughshare

Males have a curved projection on the throat, jutting forward like the blade of a plough, which they use to flip rival males during contests — the feature that names the species.

On the Brink

With likely only a few hundred individuals remaining in a tiny area of northwest Madagascar, the ploughshare is critically endangered, its survival resting on intensive conservation.

A Symbol of Hope

Captive-breeding and anti-poaching programs fight to save it, even engraving wild shells to make them worthless to smugglers — a golden tortoise the world is racing to protect.