The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae and genus Aldabrachelys. The species is endemic...

February 2024, two different species of giant tortoise are found on two remote groups of tropical islands: Aldabra Atoll and Fregate Island in the Seychelles...

sizes in excess of 100 kg, including the Galapagos giant tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise. They are usually diurnal animals with tendencies to...

(hatched c. 1832) is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea). His...

Aldabra giant tortoise (A. g. gigantea) is a roundly-domed, black-colored subspecies. Like other species of tortoise, the Seychelles giant tortoise is...

mainland species of tortoise in Africa, and the third-largest in the world, after the Galapagos tortoise and Aldabra giant tortoise. It is the only living...

Aldabra became a French colony dependency in the 18th century, leading to the exploitation of its natural resources, particularly giant tortoises. After...

Sanskrit) (c. 1750 – 22 March 2006), also spelled Addwaita, was a male Aldabra giant tortoise that lived in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata, India....

Island tortoise (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, Abingdon Island tortoise, or Abingdon Island giant tortoise, is a...

British herpetologist Edwin Nicholas "Nick" Arnold. The three Aldabra-Seychelles giant tortoise subspecies can be distinguished based on carapace shape, but...

giant tortoises of the Seychelles and Madagascan radiations †A. abrupta - Abrupt giant tortoise †A. grandidieri - Grandidier's giant tortoise Aldabra...

811 ha (46.48 acres). It is probably best known as the home of the Aldabra giant tortoise Adwaita, who was reputed to have been over 250 years old when he...

– via Google Books. "Aldabra giant tortoise". Idaho Falls Zoo/City of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Retrieved 15 October 2022. "Aldabra Atoll - UNESCO World Heritage...

Aldabrachelys is genus of giant tortoises, including the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) native to the Seychelles, as well as two extinct...

The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains...

Owen and Mzee are a hippopotamus and an Aldabra giant tortoise, respectively, that attracted media attention after forming an unusual bond of friendship...

George, the iconic last member of Chelonoidis abingdonii, and the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea led to the detection of lineage-specific...

is the sixth-largest tortoise species on Earth, after the Galapagos tortoise, the Aldabra tortoise, the African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata,...

extant Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) readily consumed fruit of Adansonia rubrostipa. Other ecological functions of giant tortoises likely...

government-owned tourist resort and houses a collection of endangered Aldabra giant tortoises which were originally a gift from the British governor of the Seychelles...

the Mascarenes. It was roughly the same size as modern Aldabra giant and Galapagos giant tortoises, though it was a longer and more elongated animal. It...

non-indigenous Aldabra giant tortoise, brought to Île aux Aigrettes to take over the important ecological role of the extinct Mauritian tortoises. The large...

Woakes, A. J. (1971). "Respiratory exchange and body size in the Aldabra giant tortoise". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 55 (3): 651–665. doi:10.1242/jeb...

conservation project relocated Aldabra giant tortoise from Aldabra to Curieuse. Today, it is the home of more than 300 Aldabra giant tortoise, some staying around...

largest extant freshwater turtle. The Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) and the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) are considered the largest...

(Tragulus napu) Burmese mountain tortoise (Manouria emys) Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) Sloth...

an Aldabra giant tortoise, died at an estimated age of 255 in March 2006 in Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata, India. If confirmed, the tortoise would...

elephant Sumatran tiger Swamp wallaby Tasmanian devil Reptiles Aldabra giant tortoise American alligator Black-headed python Boyd's forest dragon Broad-shelled...

islets of Mauritius, tortoises now extinct had served as the keystone herbivores. Introduction of the non-native Aldabra giant tortoises on two islets in...

and Inca terns. The pavilion also houses Rodrigues fruit bats, Aldabra giant tortoises, Cuban crocodiles, and Komodo dragons. The Wallaroo Walkabout that...