Global InformationAldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi information
| Arnold's giant tortoise | |
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| Possible A. g. arnoldi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Aldabrachelys |
| Species: | A. gigantea
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| Subspecies: | A. g. arnoldi
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| Trinomial name | |
| Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi (Bour, 1982)
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Arnold's giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi), also known as the Seychelles saddle-backed giant tortoise, is a tortoise subspecies in the genus Aldabrachelys.
It inhabited the large central granitic Seychelles islands, but was hunted in vast numbers by European sailors. By around 1840 it was presumed to be extinct, along with the Seychelles giant tortoise, a subspecies which shared the same islands.
It was recently rediscovered. Currently, less than a hundred individuals exist. Several had been reestablished in the wild on forested islands such as Silhouette, but were evicted in 2011 by the Seychelles Islands Development Company (IDC).[2]
- ^ Aldabrachelys gigantea at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 June 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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