Aldabra, the world's second-largest coral atoll (the largest is Kiribati), is located southeast of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra...
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The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae and genus Aldabrachelys. The species is endemic...
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The Aldabra Group are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, around 1,100 kilometres (680 miles) from...
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The Aldabra Island day gecko, or Aldabra day gecko (Phelsuma abbotti abbotti), has been found on the Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles). It lives on low trees...
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The Aldabra drongo (Dicrurus aldabranus) is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae. It is endemic to Seychelles, where it occurs only on the...
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Giant tortoise (section Aldabra giant tortoise)
of giant tortoise are found on two remote groups of tropical islands: Aldabra Atoll and Fregate Island in the Seychelles and the Galápagos Islands in...
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White-throated rail (redirect from Aldabra Rail)
considered a distinct species), Dryolimnas (cuvieri) aldabranus (Aldabra rail), inhabits Aldabra, while the semi-flightless subspecies D. c. Abbott (Assumption...
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giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea). His approximate age is estimated...
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Sanskrit) (c. 1750 – 22 March 2006), also spelled Addwaita, was a male Aldabra giant tortoise that lived in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata...
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The Aldabra fody (Foudia aldabrana) is a passerine bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Aldabra, an atoll northwest of Madagascar, part of Seychelles...
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island by planting 16,000 trees, building nature paths, and introducing Aldabra giant tortoises. Their goal was to create an island of exceptional beauty...
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The Aldabra brush warbler (Nesillas aldabrana) is an extinct bird in the acrocephalid warbler family. It was endemic to the atoll of Aldabra in the Seychelles...
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evicted in 2011 by the Seychelles Islands Development Company. The three Aldabra-Seychelles giant tortoise subspecies can be distinguished based on carapace...
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The Aldabra white-eye (Zosterops aldabrensis) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the island of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean...
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Malagasy kestrel (redirect from Aldabra kestrel)
It occurs in two subspecies on Madagascar and at Aldabra. The race from Aldabra is also called Aldabra kestrel (Falco newtoni aldabranus). Its closest...
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The Aldabra flying fox (Pteropus aldabrensis) is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus. It is endemic to the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, like...
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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 be...
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Pierre. There are 67 raised coral islands in the Aldabra Group, west of the Farquhar Group: Aldabra Atoll (comprising 46 islands—Grande Terre, Picard...
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Rhachistia aldabrae (redirect from Aldabra banded snail)
Rhachistia aldabrae, the Aldabra banded snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Cerastidae. The species...
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island in the Seychelles. It is the third largest island of the Aldabra Atoll in the Aldabra Group of islands, 1,150 kilometers southwest of the country's...
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Island is located about 27 km south of Anse Takamaka on Aldabra Atoll and is part of the Aldabra Group. It is a single coral island 11.6 km2 (4.5 sq mi)...
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flightless bird Aldabra rail became extinct approximately 136,000 years ago following sea level rise and the total inundation of the island of Aldabra it inhabited...
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Phelsuma abbotti (redirect from Aldabra Day Gecko)
Phelsuma abbotti, commonly known as Abbott's day gecko, Aldabra day gecko, or Assumption day gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. P...
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Madagascar nightjar (redirect from Aldabra nightjar)
the family Caprimulgidae. It is native to Madagascar, Nosy Boraha and Aldabra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest...
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of the land area is the island of Mahé and a further third the atoll of Aldabra. There are two distinct regions, the granitic islands, the world's only...
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conservation project relocated Aldabra giant tortoise from Aldabra to Curieuse. Today, it is the home of more than 300 Aldabra giant tortoise, some staying...
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Asia Latrodectus menavodi Vinson, 1863 – Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles (Aldabra) Latrodectus mirabilis (Holmberg, 1876) – Argentina Latrodectus obscurior...
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the list. As of 2023, there are two World Heritage Sites in Seychelles. Aldabra Atoll Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria;...
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Cosmoledo Atoll is an atoll of the Aldabra Group and belongs to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, and is located 1,029 km (639 mi) southwest of the...
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Aldabra giant tortoise from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles...
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