The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to the Seychelles, with...

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...

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

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

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....

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...