Geochelone gigantea

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Geochelone gigantea

Species Authority:

(Schweigger, 1812)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Aldabra Giant Tortoise
French	–	Tortue Géante, Tortue Géante D'Aldabra
Spanish	–	Tortuga Gigante De Aldabra

Synonym/s:

Dipsochelys dussumieri (Gray, 1831)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable D2 ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1994	–	Rare (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Rare (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Madagascar; Seychelles; Tanzania, United Republic of Introduced: Mauritius; Réunion
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Geochelone gigantea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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