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| African spurred tortoise nEU,EU ,NA,AS,AF | | Aldabra giant tortoise AS,nEU,EU ,AU,NA,AF,SA | Angulated tortoise
(Ploughshare tortoise) EU ,nEU,AS,NA | Argentine tortoise
(Chilean tortoise)
(Chaco tortoise) nEU,EU ,AS,AU,NA | | Armenian tortoise AS | Babcock's leopard tortoise
(East African leopard tortoise) EU ,nEU,NA | Beaked cape tortoise
(Parrot-beaked tortoise) EU | Bell's hinge-back tortoise
(Eastern hingeback tortoise)
(Lowveld hinged tortoise) EU ,AF,NA | Bellâs hinge-back tortoise
(No Subspecific status) AS,EU ,nEU,NA,AU | Bolson tortoise
(Mexican gopher tortoise) NA | Boulenger`s cape tortoise
(Donner-weer tortoise) EU ,nEU | Brown tortoise
(no subspecific status) NA,EU ,AS,nEU | | Burmese Star tortoise EU ,AS,NA | Cerro Azul giant tortoise
(Albemarle Island giant tortoise) AU,NA | | Common spider tortoise EU ,nEU,NA,AS | | Cyrenaica tortoise EU | | Daudinâs giant tortoise | | Eastern Hermann's tortoise EU ,AS,nEU,NA | | Egyptian tortoise EU ,nEU,NA,AS | Elongated tortoise
(Yellow-headed tortoise) EU ,AS,nEU,NA,AU | Floreana giant tortoise
(Charles Island giant tortoise) | | Florida gopher tortoise nEU,EU ,NA | Forest hingeback tortoise
(Eroded hingeback tortoise) nEU,EU ,NA | Forstenâs tortoise
(Celebes tortoise) EU ,AS,NA | Galapagos giant tortoise
(no subspecific status) EU ,nEU,NA,AS,SA,AU | | Geometric tortoise | Greater padloper
(Karroo tortoise) EU | Greek tortoise
(Spur-thighed tortoise)
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,NA,AS,AU | Hermannâs tortoise
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS,AU,NA | | Homeâs hingeback tortoise EU ,nEU,NA | Hood Island giant tortoise
(Española giant tortoise) SA | Horsfieldâs tortoise
(Russian tortoise)
(no subspecies status) EU ,nEU,AU,AS,NA | | Impressed tortoise EU ,AS | | Indian Star tortoise nEU,EU ,AU,AS,NA | | Iranian tortoise | | Kazakhstan steppe tortoise EU | Leopard tortoise
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS,AU,NA,AF | | Lobatse hingeback tortoise | | Madagascan Flat-tailed tortoise nEU,AS,NA,EU | Malagasy spider tortoise
(Madagascar spider tortoise)
(No Subspecific status) EU ,NA | | Marginated tortoise nEU,EU ,NA | Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise
(Nominate subspecies) EU ,nEU | | Middle Eastern spur-thighed tortoise AS,nEU,EU ,NA | Mojave desert tortoise
(Agassizâs desert tortoise) EU ,NA | | Moroccan tortoise EU ,NA | | Namaqualand tent tortoise EU | Natal hingeback tortoise
(KwaZulu-Natal hingeback tortoise) AS | | Negev tortoise AS | Northern Brown tortoise
(Black Asian giant tortoise) nEU,NA,AS | | Northern spider tortoise nEU,EU ,NA | Northern tent tortoise
(Bushmanland tent tortoise) | | Pancake tortoise EU ,nEU,NA,AS,AF | Pinta Island tortoise
(Abingdon Island tortoise) | Pinzon giant tortoise
(Duncan Island giant tortoise) EU ,SA | | Radiated tortoise nEU,NA,EU ,AS,AF,AU | | Red-footed tortoise EU ,nEU,SA,AS,NA | | RĂ©union giant tortoise | Santiago giant tortoise
(James Island giant tortoise) EU ,NA,SA | Serrated tortoise
(Serrated tent tortoise)
(Kalahari tent tortoise) EU | | Seychelles giant tortoise nEU,AS | | Sierra Negra giant tortoise NA,AU,SA | Sonoran desert tortoise
(Morafka's desert tortoise) NA | | Souss Valley spur-thighed tortoise EU ,AF | South African bowsprit tortoise
(Angulate tortoise) EU | | South African Leopard tortoise EU ,nEU,AF,NA | | Southeastern hinge-back tortoise EU ,AF | Southern Brown tortoise
(Asian giant tortoise) EU ,nEU,AS,NA | | Southern spider tortoise NA | Southern tent tortoise
(Common tent tortoise) | Speckled cape tortoise
(Speckled padloper) EU | | Speke's hingeback tortoise EU ,nEU | Tent tortoise
(No Subspecific status) EU | | Texas gopher tortoise EU ,NA,AS | | Travancore tortoise | | Tunisian spur-thighed tortoise EU ,AF | | Turkish spur-thighed tortoise EU ,nEU,AS,NA | Volcan wolf giant tortoise
(Wolf Volcano giant tortoise) nEU,NA,SA | | VolcaÌn Alcedo giant tortoise NA,SA | | Western Hermann's tortoise EU ,AU,nEU,NA | | Western hinge-back tortoise EU ,nEU,NA | Western Santa Cruz giant tortoise
(Indefatigable Island giant tortoise) EU ,nEU,AS,NA,SA | | Yellow-footed tortoise EU ,nEU,AS,NA,SA,AU | |
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Aldabra giant tortoise
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Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea
(Syn.: Geochelone gigantea)
(Syn.: Dipsochelys dussumieri)
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(SCHWEIGGER, 1812) |
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| | Information Source for Taxonomy: | Rhodin et al. (2017) Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)
| | Head-Torso-Length: | 87 - 122 cm | | Weight: | 167 - 250 kg | | IUCN status: | VU (Vulnerable)
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