Geochelone gigantea

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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

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   D2   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
History:
1994 – Rare (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Rare (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982 – Rare (Groombridge 1982)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Madagascar; Seychelles; Tanzania, United Republic of
Introduced:
Mauritius; Réunion

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Geochelone gigantea. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2008.
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