Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea · described by (SCHWEIGGER 1812)
The facts
- Scientific name
- Aldabrachelys gigantea
- First described
- (SCHWEIGGER 1812)
- Also called
- Aldabra Giant Tortoise
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Turtles and Tortoises (Testudines)
- Family
- Testudinidae
- Genus
- Aldabrachelys
- Subspecies
- Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi (BOUR 1982)
- Aldabrachelys gigantea daudinii (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835)
- Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea (SCHWEIGGER 1812)
- Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa (GÜNTHER 1877)
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.