Aldabrachelys[1] is genus of giant tortoises, including the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) native to the Seychelles, as well as two extinct species, Aldabrachelys abrupta and Aldabrachelys grandidieri known from Madagascar.
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Aldabrachelys is genus of giant tortoises, including the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) native to the Seychelles, as well as two extinct...
The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to the Seychelles, with...
tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), also known as the Seychelles domed giant tortoise, is a tortoise subspecies in the genus Aldabrachelys. It inhabited...
Madagascar (two large Aldabrachelys; two medium Astrochelys; two small Pyxis). It is distinguished from all other Aldabrachelys by a massive, flattened...
Aldabrachelys abrupta, the abrupt giant tortoise, is an extinct species of giant tortoise that was endemic to Madagascar. It was a large species, roughly...
only living species in the genus Aldabrachelys. Two other species in the genus, Aldabrachelys abrupta, and Aldabrachelys grandidieri were formerly endemic...
tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi), also known as the Seychelles saddle-backed giant tortoise, is a tortoise subspecies in the genus Aldabrachelys. It...
naturelle. This material was originally assigned as a juvenile specimen of Aldabrachelys abrupta, likely as the two share a type locality, and it was only found...
Malagasy hippopotamus, two species of giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys abrupta and Aldabrachelys grandidieri), the giant fossa, over a dozen species of...
least five independent clades". Tortoises removed include members of Aldabrachelys (from the Seychelles and Madagascar), Astrochelys (Madagascar), Chelonoidis...
last member of Chelonoidis abingdonii, and the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea led to the detection of lineage-specific variants affecting...
epoch. A study demonstrating Malagasy hippopotami and contemporary Aldabrachelys tortoises dietary habits indicates that H. lemerlei and tortoises were...
of all the Seychelles animals are the giant tortoises of the genus Aldabrachelys.[citation needed] Vast amounts of plastic debris accumulate on beaches...
analysis of the genomes of Lonesome George and the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea led to the detection of lineage-specific variants affecting...
(Meiolania), southern Asia (Megalochelys), Europe (Titanochelon), Madagascar (Aldabrachelys), North America (Hesperotestudo) and South America (Chelonoidis, the...
the Galápagos Islands and the Seychelles (the Galápagos tortoise and Aldabrachelys respectively) are sometimes given as examples of insular gigantism,...
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