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Bookmark or Share- Aldabra Tortoise Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature - PBSAldabra tortoises are one of the world’s largest land tortoises, weighing up to 550 pounds. Males are larger than females and have longer, thicker tails.
- 7 Fascinating Aldabra Giant Tortoise Facts - Fact AnimalOn a few distant islands, far off the coast of Madagascar in the Seychelles, there’s a species of tortoise that may be the heaviest free-roaming reptile. The Aldabra Giant Tortoise is so rotund it engineers its own ecosystem. These colossal testudines are also one of the earliest examples of a conservation success, at least as far as we know.
- Aldabra giant tortoise - WikipediaThe Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae and genus Aldabrachelys. The species is endemic to the Seychelles , with the nominate subspecies , A. g. gigantea native to Aldabra atoll.
- Aldabra tortoise - Smithsonian's National ZooOne of the world's largest land tortoises, Aldabra tortoises can reach sizes of up to 550 pounds and ages of up to 150 years old. They are native to Aldabra Island, one of the Seychelles northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
- Aldabra Giant Tortoise - The Orianne SocietyOne of two remaining species of giant tortoise on Earth, the Aldabra Giant Tortoise, is the last extant species of a group of giant tortoise that inhabited islands of the Western Indian Ocean. They shared a common ancestor with the Galapagos Tortoise around 25-30 million years ago.
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