The smallest turtle is the speckled padloper tortoise of South Africa. From the entrails and a tortoise/turtle shell, he created the Lyre. The other endangered species are otter, crocodile, tortoise and some fishes. The complexity and expense of proper turtle and tortoise husbandry is often underestimated. This suggests the possibility of a pure Pinta tortoise among the 2,000 tortoises on Isabela. The smallest turtle is the speckled padloper tortoise ("Homopus signatus") from South Africa. The tortoise and snake became demons and terrorized people. These then formed into a black tortoise and a snake who terrorized the country. At his feet the race between the Tortoise and the Hare is taking place. The story concerns a Hare who ridicules a slow-moving Tortoise. Some caves show evidence of regular rabbit and tortoise consumption. Homer relates that Hermes invented the lyre from dried sinews stretched over a tortoise shell. Against the walls are cabinets in tortoise shell and bronze. The nominate subspecies is the Greek marginated tortoise, "Testudo marginata marginata". A female green tortoise with dark purple eyes.