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With an average length of 40 cm (15.75 in) and the largest known specimen at 94 cm (37 in), this is the sixth-largest tortoise species on Earth, after the Galapagos tortoise, the Aldabra tortoise, the African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata, typical size 76 cm (30 in)), the leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), and the Asian forest ...
Its range may overlap in the north with G. morafkai, the Morafka's or Sonoran desert tortoise. Goode's thornscrub tortoise is named for Eric V. Goode , a conservationist, naturalist, and founder of the Turtle Conservancy .
As of 2022, Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, is thought to be the oldest living giant tortoise at the age of 193 years. [25] Esmeralda, an Aldabra giant tortoise, is second at the age of 181 years, since the death of Harriet, a Galapagos giant tortoise, at 175. An Aldabra giant tortoise living on Changuu off Zanzibar is reportedly 199 ...
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Diego in 2019 Detail of head, 2009. Diego is a Hood Island giant tortoise.Thought to have been hatched on Española Island, Galápagos, he was captured as a young adult and shipped to the United States where he was exhibited at zoos.
The Santiago Island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger darwini), also known commonly as the Santiago giant tortoise [3] and the James Island tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The subspecies is endemic to Santiago Island (also known as James Island and San Salvador) in the Galápagos.
This is the cutest thing I’ve seen all week,' said @genx_melissa. "I want to be a tortoise in love with a kitten," @mollysue00 admired. "Love is blind… he likes what he likes," @jennisan711 ...
On the IUCN Red List, Kleinmann's tortoise is classified as critically endangered (CR A2abcd+3d). Less than three Testudo generations ago, an estimated 55-56,000 adult Kleinmann's tortoises existed. Today, about 7,500 remain, and decline due to habitat destruction and unsustainable exploitation appears to be ongoing. While the former threat is ...