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Seychelles giant tortoise

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papers on the genetics of the Seychelles and Indian Ocean tortoises provide conflicting results. Some studies suggest only one species (with multiple variants) was ever present in the islands, whilst others suggest three distinct, but closely related species. These different views derive from studies of different genes.
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testing, tortoises of the "extinct" subspecies were identified and acquired by the Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles for conservation. They were brought to Silhouette Island and the captive-breeding program was initiated in 1997. For several years the female tortoises produced infertile eggs. In
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It was apparently extirpated from the wild but is now known only from 37 adults, including 28 captive, and 8 on Cousine Island, 6 of which were released in 2011 along with 40 captive-bred juveniles. Captive-reared juveniles show that there is a presumed genetic basis to the morphotype and further
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island. The Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles takes consolation from producing a new generation of many young tortoises which will live for at least 100 years. In that time there may be an opportunity to establish pure populations of these tortoises. These animals live longer than short-term
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agreed to provide a new home for the Seychelles tortoises. In April 2011, the Seychelles giant tortoises went to Cousine. If they had been able to release them on Silhouette island, they would have established a separate wild population, now they will be mixed with the Aldabra tortoises that are
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to examine the identity of the living tortoises. Examination of museum specimens of the 'extinct' Seychelles subspecies by Dr. Justin Gerlach and Laura Canning confirmed that some living tortoises exhibited characteristics of the supposedly extinct subspecies. Some recently published scientific
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It is a domed grazing subspecies, differing from the Aldabra tortoise in its broader shape and reduced ossification of the skeleton; it differs also from the other controversial giant tortoise in the Seychelles, the saddle-backed morphotype (Arnold's giant tortoise).
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The decision of the Islands Development Company to evict the Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles from Silhouette island by March 2011, and their refusal to permit wild tortoises to live on the island forced them to remove and find new homes for the tortoises.
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It was recently rediscovered. Currently, a little over a hundred individuals exist. Many had been reestablished in the wild on forested islands such as Silhouette, but were evicted in 2011 by the Seychelles Islands Development Company.
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Giant tortoises are among the longest-lived animals on the planet. Some individual Aldabra giant tortoises are thought to be over 200 years of age, but this is difficult to verify because they tend to outlive their human observers.
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Like other species of tortoise, the Seychelles giant tortoise is not strictly herbivorous. There have been anecdotal reports of tortoises consuming birds, crabs, and bones. In 2021, a female tortoise on
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in the Seychelles, it is occasionally, most recently in 1995, suggested that some Seychelles granitic island tortoises survived in captivity. The report of oddly shaped captive tortoises prompted the
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inhabited the Seychelles. Large and slow, the tortoises were reportedly friendly, with little fear of man. Sailors and settlers slaughtered thousands and swiftly drove most populations to extinction.
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November 2002 eggs laid by a young female started to hatch. By the time the Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles was evicted, they had produced 40 juveniles of the Seychelles giant tortoise.
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in 1875. At his death in March 2006 at the Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) Zoo in India, Adwaita is reputed to have reached the longest ever measured
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This is a controversial subspecies possibly distinct from the Aldabra giant tortoise. The species is a morphologically distinctive
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Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status
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turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status
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islands, but was hunted in vast numbers by European sailors. By around 1840 it was presumed to be
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was reputedly one of four brought by British seamen from the Seychelles Islands as gifts to
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Though generally assumed that the Aldabra giant tortoise was the only one to have survived
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The three Aldabra-Seychelles giant tortoise subspecies can be distinguished based on
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animals may have distorted carapaces and so may be difficult to identify.
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A baby and a possibility for the reestablishment of this subspecies
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was recorded deliberately hunting, killing, and eating a
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Accessed 05 June 2015. 1543:Sonoran Desert tortoise 389:Arnold's giant tortoise 310:FRITZ & HAVAS, 2006 291:Dipsochelys elephantina 4363:Reptiles of Seychelles 1470:Réunion giant tortoise 1392:Cheirogaster schafferi 1386:Cheirogaster gymnesica 1223:Chelonoidis alburyorum 1217:Yellow-footed tortoise 1189:Centrochelys vulcanica 1183:Centrochelys burchardi 1177:Centrochelys atlantica 1152:Astrochelys rogerbouri 1082:Aldabra giant tortoise 600:Aldabrachelys gigantea 557: 432:Aldabra giant tortoise 408: 407:Living adult specimens 286:) ROTHSCHILD 1915: 433 272:) ROTHSCHILD 1897: 407 16:Subspecies of tortoise 2003:Spur-thighed tortoise 1940:Stylemys nebrascensis 1934:Stylemys karakolensis 1892:Stylemys calaverensis 1797:Megalochelys sondaari 1785:Megalochelys cautleyi 1754:Asian forest tortoise 1500:Burmese star tortoise 1320:Pinta Island tortoise 1113:Aldabrachelys abrupta 555: 415:shape, however, many 406: 359:), also known as the 315:Dipsochelys hololissa 299:Dipsochelys hololissa 1993:Kleinmann's tortoise 1952:Stylemys oregonensis 1898:Stylemys canetotiana 1592:Hadrianus schucherti 1574:Hadrianus majusculus 1505:Indian star tortoise 1247:Chelonoidis sellovii 1241:Chelonoidis monensis 1229:Chelonoidis cubensis 307:Geochelone hololissa 244:) — GÜNTHER 1877: 21 224:GÜNTHER, 1875: 296 ( 169:A. g. hololissa 1998:Marginated tortoise 1928:Stylemys frizaciana 1791:Megalochelys margae 1675:Travancore tortoise 1598:Hadrianus utahensis 1580:Hadrianus octonaria 1268:Chelonoidis complex 1212:Red-footed tortoise 684:2021CBio...31.R989Z 252:GÜNTHER, 1877: 39 ( 235:Testudo elephantina 3330:Nanhsiungchelyidae 3295:Macrocephalochelys 2009:Testudo brevitesta 1988:Hermann's tortoise 1964:Stylemys uintensis 1946:Stylemys neglectus 1910:Stylemys conspecta 1815:Geometric tortoise 1779:Megalochelys atlas 1759:Impressed tortoise 1670:Forsten's tortoise 1665:Elongated tortoise 1586:Hadrianus robustus 1263:Galápagos tortoise 1235:Chelonoidis lutzae 558: 488:, a 192-year-old, 409: 266:SCHWEIGGER, 1812 ( 38:A living specimen 4340: 4339: 4239:Taxon identifiers 4230: 4229: 4201: 4200: 4197: 4196: 4144: 4143: 4140: 4139: 3562: 3561: 3558: 3557: 3241: 3240: 3013: 3012: 2516: 2515: 2434: 2433: 2155: 2154: 2151: 2150: 2147: 2146: 2028: 2027: 2023:. Key: †=extinct. 1970:Stylemys undabuna 1820:Serrated tortoise 1604:Hadrianus vialovi 1568:Hadrianus corsoni 1438:Speckled padloper 1410:Angulate tortoise 1145:Radiated tortoise 1140:Angonoka tortoise 1041: 1040: 868:"Giant tortoises" 678:(16): R989–R990. 537:over-exploitation 387:, along with the 347: 346: 341: 333: 325: 311: 303: 295: 287: 273: 259: 249:Testudo hololissa 245: 231: 221:Testudo hololissa 217: 4375: 4333: 4332: 4320: 4319: 4307: 4306: 4294: 4293: 4281: 4280: 4279: 4266: 4265: 4264: 4234: 4160: 4153: 3665:Chupacabrachelys 3580: 3573: 3250: 3028:Carettochelyidae 3024: 2527: 2445: 2177: 2166: 2134: 2125: 2116: 2055: 2048: 2041: 2032: 1922:Stylemys emiliae 1866:Leopard tortoise 1736:Pancake tortoise 1647:Greater padloper 1064:Russian tortoise 1049: 1048: 1026: 951: 944: 937: 928: 921: 920: 918: 916: 906: 900: 899: 897: 895: 885: 879: 878: 876: 874: 864: 858: 857: 855: 853: 843: 834: 833: 831: 829: 819: 810: 809: 807: 805: 795: 786: 785: 783: 781: 776: 768: 762: 761: 743: 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1653: 1652: 1650: 1649: 1644: 1638: 1636: 1630: 1629: 1627: 1626: 1619: 1617: 1615:Hesperotestudo 1610: 1609: 1607: 1606: 1600: 1594: 1588: 1582: 1576: 1570: 1563: 1561: 1554: 1553: 1551: 1550: 1548:Texas tortoise 1545: 1540: 1535: 1530: 1525: 1519: 1517: 1511: 1510: 1508: 1507: 1502: 1496: 1494: 1488: 1487: 1485: 1484: 1478: 1472: 1466: 1460: 1453: 1451: 1444: 1443: 1441: 1440: 1435: 1433:Karoo padloper 1430: 1424: 1422: 1416: 1415: 1413: 1412: 1406: 1404: 1398: 1397: 1395: 1394: 1388: 1382: 1375: 1373: 1366: 1365: 1363: 1362: 1357: 1352: 1347: 1342: 1337: 1332: 1327: 1316: 1311: 1301: 1295: 1290: 1285: 1280: 1274: 1272: 1271: 1270: 1259: 1258: 1256: 1255: 1249: 1243: 1237: 1231: 1225: 1219: 1214: 1209: 1207:Chaco tortoise 1203: 1201: 1195: 1194: 1192: 1191: 1185: 1179: 1173: 1167: 1165: 1159: 1158: 1156: 1155: 1147: 1142: 1136: 1134: 1128: 1127: 1125: 1124: 1116: 1108: 1100: 1097:A. g. daudinii 1092: 1085: 1078: 1076: 1070: 1069: 1067: 1066: 1060: 1058: 1052: 1051: 1044: 1042: 1039: 1038: 1029: 1023: 1019: 1018: 1016: 1015: 1009: 1003: 997: 991: 985: 979: 973: 966: 963: 962: 956: 954: 953: 946: 939: 931: 923: 922: 901: 880: 859: 835: 811: 787: 763: 738: 707: 658: 637: 609: 590: 589: 587: 584: 549: 546: 530:giant tortoise 525: 522: 505: 502: 460: 457: 449:Frégate Island 443: 440: 436:A. g. gigantea 400: 397: 345: 344: 343: 342: 334: 326: 312: 304: 296: 288: 274: 260: 246: 232: 218: 207: 206: 200: 199: 192: 181: 180: 178:Trinomial name 174: 173: 166: 164: 160: 159: 152: 150: 146: 145: 138: 134: 133: 128: 124: 123: 118: 114: 113: 108: 104: 103: 98: 94: 93: 88: 84: 83: 78: 74: 73: 68: 64: 63: 58: 54: 53: 40: 39: 35: 34: 26: 25: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4380: 4369: 4366: 4364: 4361: 4359: 4356: 4354: 4353:Aldabrachelys 4351: 4350: 4348: 4331: 4326: 4322: 4318: 4313: 4309: 4305: 4300: 4296: 4292: 4287: 4283: 4278: 4272: 4268: 4263: 4257: 4253: 4252: 4250: 4248: 4244: 4240: 4235: 4223: 4219: 4218: 4214: 4213: 4208: 4207: 4204: 4190: 4189: 4188:Tacuarembemys 4184: 4182: 4181: 4176: 4174: 4173: 4168: 4167: 4165: 4161: 4158: 4154: 4151: 4147: 4133: 4132: 4127: 4125: 4124: 4123:Sahonachelys 4119: 4118: 4116: 4114: 4109: 4103: 4102: 4097: 4095: 4094: 4090: 4088: 4087: 4086:Peltocephalus 4083: 4081: 4080: 4075: 4073: 4072: 4071:Lapparentemys 4067: 4065: 4064: 4060: 4058: 4057: 4052: 4050: 4049: 4044: 4042: 4041: 4036: 4034: 4033: 4028: 4026: 4025: 4020: 4018: 4017: 4012: 4010: 4009: 4004: 4003: 4001: 3999: 3995: 3989: 3988: 3984: 3982: 3981: 3977: 3976: 3974: 3972: 3971:Pelomedusidae 3968: 3962: 3961: 3960:Yaminuechelys 3956: 3954: 3953: 3949: 3947: 3946: 3942: 3940: 3939: 3935: 3933: 3932: 3931:Prochelidella 3927: 3925: 3924: 3920: 3918: 3917: 3913: 3911: 3910: 3906: 3904: 3903: 3899: 3897: 3896: 3891: 3889: 3888: 3884: 3882: 3881: 3877: 3875: 3874: 3870: 3868: 3867: 3863: 3861: 3860: 3856: 3854: 3853: 3849: 3847: 3846: 3845:Acanthochelys 3842: 3841: 3839: 3837: 3833: 3827: 3826: 3821: 3819: 3818: 3813: 3811: 3810: 3805: 3803: 3802: 3797: 3795: 3794: 3789: 3787: 3786: 3781: 3779: 3778: 3773: 3771: 3770: 3765: 3763: 3762: 3757: 3755: 3754: 3749: 3747: 3746: 3741: 3739: 3738: 3733: 3731: 3730: 3729:Kinkonychelys 3725: 3723: 3722: 3717: 3715: 3714: 3713:Itapecuruemys 3709: 3707: 3706: 3701: 3699: 3698: 3693: 3691: 3690: 3685: 3683: 3682: 3677: 3675: 3674: 3673:Eotaphrosphys 3669: 3667: 3666: 3661: 3659: 3658: 3653: 3651: 3650: 3645: 3643: 3642: 3637: 3635: 3634: 3629: 3627: 3626: 3621: 3619: 3618: 3613: 3612: 3610: 3608: 3607:Bothremydidae 3603: 3597: 3596: 3591: 3590: 3588: 3586: 3581: 3578: 3574: 3571: 3569: 3565: 3551: 3550: 3545: 3543: 3542: 3537: 3535: 3534: 3529: 3527: 3526: 3521: 3519: 3518: 3517:Argillochelys 3513: 3511: 3510: 3505: 3504: 3502: 3498: 3492: 3491: 3486: 3484: 3483: 3482:Santanachelys 3478: 3476: 3475: 3470: 3468: 3467: 3462: 3460: 3459: 3454: 3452: 3451: 3446: 3444: 3443: 3438: 3436: 3435: 3430: 3428: 3427: 3426:Desmatochelys 3422: 3420: 3419: 3414: 3412: 3411: 3410:Calcarichelys 3406: 3404: 3403: 3398: 3396: 3395: 3394:Atlantochelys 3390: 3388: 3387: 3382: 3380: 3379: 3374: 3373: 3371: 3369: 3368:Protostegidae 3364: 3358: 3357: 3356:Jiangxichelys 3352: 3350: 3349: 3344: 3342: 3341: 3340:Anomalochelys 3336: 3335: 3333: 3331: 3326: 3320: 3319: 3318:Protochelydra 3314: 3312: 3311: 3310:Planiplastron 3306: 3304: 3303: 3299: 3297: 3296: 3291: 3289: 3288: 3283: 3281: 3280: 3275: 3273: 3272: 3267: 3265: 3264: 3260: 3259: 3257: 3255: 3251: 3248: 3244: 3234: 3233: 3228: 3226: 3225: 3220: 3219: 3217: 3213: 3207: 3206: 3202: 3200: 3199: 3195: 3193: 3192: 3188: 3186: 3185: 3181: 3179: 3178: 3173: 3171: 3170: 3166: 3164: 3163: 3159: 3157: 3156: 3152: 3150: 3149: 3144: 3142: 3141: 3136: 3134: 3133: 3128: 3126: 3125: 3121: 3119: 3118: 3117:Drazinderetes 3113: 3111: 3110: 3106: 3104: 3103: 3099: 3097: 3096: 3092: 3090: 3089: 3084: 3082: 3081: 3077: 3075: 3074: 3070: 3069: 3067: 3065: 3061: 3055: 3054: 3053:Carettochelys 3050: 3048: 3047: 3042: 3040: 3039: 3034: 3033: 3031: 3029: 3025: 3022: 3020: 3016: 3006: 3005: 3001: 2999: 2998: 2993: 2991: 2990: 2986: 2984: 2983: 2978: 2976: 2975: 2971: 2969: 2968: 2964: 2962: 2961: 2956: 2954: 2953: 2948: 2946: 2945: 2941: 2939: 2938: 2937:Malacochersus 2934: 2932: 2931: 2927: 2925: 2924: 2920: 2918: 2917: 2913: 2911: 2910: 2905: 2903: 2902: 2897: 2895: 2894: 2890: 2888: 2887: 2883: 2881: 2880: 2875: 2873: 2872: 2867: 2865: 2864: 2860: 2858: 2857: 2853: 2851: 2850: 2846: 2844: 2843: 2839: 2837: 2836: 2832: 2830: 2829: 2828:Aldabrachelys 2825: 2824: 2822: 2820: 2816: 2810: 2809: 2805: 2804: 2802: 2800: 2795: 2789: 2788: 2784: 2782: 2781: 2777: 2775: 2774: 2770: 2768: 2767: 2763: 2761: 2760: 2756: 2754: 2753: 2749: 2747: 2746: 2742: 2740: 2739: 2735: 2733: 2732: 2728: 2726: 2725: 2721: 2719: 2718: 2714: 2712: 2711: 2710:Leucocephalon 2707: 2705: 2704: 2700: 2698: 2697: 2693: 2691: 2690: 2686: 2684: 2683: 2679: 2677: 2676: 2672: 2670: 2669: 2665: 2663: 2662: 2661:Banhxeochelys 2657: 2655: 2654: 2650: 2649: 2647: 2645: 2641: 2635: 2634: 2629: 2627: 2626: 2622: 2620: 2619: 2615: 2613: 2612: 2608: 2606: 2605: 2601: 2599: 2598: 2594: 2592: 2591: 2587: 2585: 2584: 2580: 2578: 2577: 2573: 2571: 2570: 2566: 2564: 2563: 2559: 2557: 2556: 2552: 2550: 2549: 2545: 2543: 2542: 2537: 2536: 2534: 2532: 2528: 2525: 2523: 2522:Testudinoidea 2519: 2509: 2508: 2504: 2502: 2501: 2497: 2495: 2494: 2490: 2488: 2487: 2482: 2480: 2479: 2475: 2474: 2472: 2470: 2469:Kinosternidae 2466: 2460: 2459: 2455: 2454: 2452: 2450: 2446: 2443: 2441: 2437: 2427: 2426: 2421: 2419: 2418: 2417:Protosphargis 2413: 2411: 2410: 2405: 2403: 2402: 2397: 2395: 2394: 2389: 2388: 2386: 2382: 2376: 2375: 2370: 2368: 2367: 2362: 2360: 2359: 2354: 2352: 2351: 2347: 2345: 2344: 2339: 2337: 2336: 2331: 2329: 2328: 2323: 2322: 2320: 2318: 2314: 2308: 2307: 2302: 2300: 2299: 2294: 2292: 2291: 2286: 2284: 2283: 2279: 2277: 2276: 2271: 2269: 2268: 2263: 2261: 2260: 2256: 2254: 2253: 2248: 2246: 2245: 2240: 2238: 2237: 2232: 2230: 2229: 2225: 2223: 2222: 2217: 2215: 2214: 2210: 2208: 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2842:Centrochelys 2840: 2833: 2826: 2819:Testudinidae 2808:Platysternon 2806: 2787:Vijayachelys 2785: 2778: 2771: 2766:Rhinoclemmys 2764: 2757: 2750: 2743: 2736: 2731:Melanochelys 2729: 2722: 2715: 2708: 2701: 2694: 2687: 2680: 2673: 2666: 2659: 2651: 2631: 2623: 2616: 2609: 2602: 2595: 2588: 2581: 2574: 2567: 2560: 2553: 2546: 2541:Acherontemys 2539: 2507:Sternotherus 2505: 2498: 2491: 2484: 2476: 2456: 2423: 2415: 2407: 2399: 2391: 2374:Psephophorus 2372: 2364: 2356: 2348: 2341: 2333: 2325: 2304: 2296: 2290:Pacifichelys 2288: 2280: 2273: 2265: 2259:Lepidochelys 2257: 2250: 2242: 2236:Gigantatypus 2234: 2228:Eretmochelys 2226: 2219: 2211: 2204: 2196: 2189: 2170:Chelonioidea 2138: 2090: 1858:Stigmochelys 1770:Megalochelys 1449:Cylindraspis 1371:Cheirogaster 1163:Centrochelys 1150: 1119: 1111: 1102: 1095: 1087: 1084:(subspecies: 1031: 1013:Testudinidae 913:. 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Index


Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Cryptodira
Testudinoidea
Testudinidae
Aldabrachelys
A. gigantea
Trinomial name
Günther
Synonyms
nomen nudum
ex errore
part.
ex errore
ex errore
et al
tortoise
subspecies
Aldabrachelys
Seychelles
extinct
Arnold's giant tortoise

carapace

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