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    The Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), also known as the Seychelles domed giant tortoise, is a tortoise subspecies in the genus...
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    giant tortoise, from the Seychelles island of Mahé (extinct 1850) A. g. hololissa (Günther, 1877:39), Seychelles giant tortoise, from the Seychelles islands...
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    (hatched c. 1832) is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)...
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    different species of giant tortoise are found on two remote groups of tropical islands: Aldabra Atoll and Fregate Island in the Seychelles and the Galápagos...
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    Arnold's giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi), also known as the Seychelles saddle-backed giant tortoise, is a tortoise subspecies in the genus...
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    the early human history of Seychelles saw the loss of biodiversity including the disappearance of most of the giant tortoises from the granitic islands...
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  • Giant tortoises are any of various large land tortoises Giant tortoise or giant tortoises may also refer to: Galápagos giant tortoise, Chelonoidis nigra...
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    sizes in excess of 100 kg, including the Galapagos giant tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise. They are usually diurnal animals with tendencies to...
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    The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains...
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    populations. The granitic islands of Seychelles supports three extant species of Seychelles giant tortoise. Seychelles hosts some of the largest seabird...
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    The Reunion giant tortoise (Cylindraspis indica) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. It was endemic to Réunion Island in...
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    The coat of arms of the Republic of Seychelles shows a shield, in which a giant tortoise is located on green grounds. On the ground there is a coco de...
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    January 2024, where he was greeted by Jonathan the Tortoise, a 191 years-old Seychelles Giant Tortoise born during the reign of King William IV. In 2012...
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  • Christine and the Queens featuring Perfume Genius Jonathan (tortoise), a Seychelles Giant tortoise that lives on the island of St Helena Jonathan Island, a...
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  • oldest known terrestrial animal to have ever existed. Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise living on the island of Saint Helena, is reported to be at least...
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  • animals of Silhouette Island Seychelles Giant Tortoise Conservation Project - conservation of Seychelles giant tortoises Seychelles Terrapin Conservation Project...
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    the Seychelles giant tortoise. On the Rs. 500/- note, the gold holographic sailfish alternates between the number 500 and an image of the Seychelles scops...
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    striped whiptail lizard Red diamond rattlesnake Red-tailed skink Seychelles giant tortoise Side-blotched lizard Speckled rattlesnake Spectacled Caiman Water...
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    and land animal is said to be a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan, who turned 187 in 2019. A Galápagos tortoise named Harriet was collected by Charles...
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  • Thumbnail for Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise
    The saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species was...
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    Aldabrachelys is genus of giant tortoises, including the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) native to the Seychelles, as well as two extinct...
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  • regeneration of forests. For this reason, the Seychelles giant tortoise from Aldabra, and the Radiated tortoise from the neighboring island of Madagascar...
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    plant and the world's largest population of giant tortoises.[citation needed] The climate of Seychelles is tropical, having little seasonal variation...
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  • Adwaita (redirect from Addwaitya (tortoise))
    (c. 1750 – 22 March 2006), also spelled Addwaita, was a male Aldabra giant tortoise that lived in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata, India. At the...
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  • natural heritage of Seychelles. At these sites SIF conserves: The world's largest raised coral atoll. The world's largest giant tortoise population. Some...
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    arranged a commercial venture, sending ships to collect timber and tortoises from the Seychelles. During this expedition, French sovereignty was extended to...
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  • Thumbnail for Island gigantism
    as insular giants may still have some validity. Giant tortoises in the Galápagos Islands and the Seychelles, the largest extant tortoises, as well as...
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    collection of endangered Aldabra giant tortoises which were originally a gift from the British governor of the Seychelles. Changuu is named after the Swahili...
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  • Boerhavia elegans (category Flora of Seychelles)
    species that compose the "tortoise turf", the food source of the Aldabra giant tortoise, of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. Choisy, Jacques Denys (Denis)...
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  • Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) Angonoka tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora) Santiago giant tortoise (Chelonoidis darwini) Española giant tortoise (Chelonoidis...
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