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    Species Accepted

    Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger, 1812)

    Abrupt Giant Tortoise
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Aldabrachelys

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Abrupt Giant Tortoise English
      Aldabra Giant Tortoise English
      Aldabra Giant Tortoise [gigantea] English
      Aldabra-Riesenschildkröte German
      Aldabra-Riesenschilkröte German
      Aldabrakjempeskilpadde Norwegian Bokmål
      Aldabranjättiläiskilpikonna Finnish
      Aldabraskildpadde Danish
      Aldabrasköldpadda Swedish
      Arnold’s Giant Tortoise [arnoldi] English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

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      Schweigger, A. F. (1812) Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Konigsberger Archiv fur Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik, 1, 271 - 368, 406 - 462. Published in
      Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London.
      Günther, A. (1877). The gigantic land tortoises (living and extinct) in the collection of the British Museum. London, 96 Pp.
      Pawlowski, & Sascha. (2022). Die Herpetologie von Cousine Island, Seychellen. Elaphe 2022 (1): 46-55.
      Joseph-Ouni, M. (2005). Profiles of extinction #15: Daudin’s Giant tortoise Dipsochelys daudinii. Reptilia (GB) (41): 4.
      Chambers, P. (2004). A sheltered life. The unexpected history of the Giant Tortoise. Oxford University Press, New York, and John Murray London, Xiv + 306 Pp. [Review in HR 37: 374].
      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      Duméril, A. M. C. & Bribron, G. 1835. Erpétologie générale ou histoire complète des reptiles. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. Tome 2: i-iv + 1-680 pp.
      Pawlowski, Sascha. (2016). Arnold’s Giant Tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi (Bour, 1982), on Silhouette Island, Seychelles. Radiata (English Edition) 25 (1): 4-14.
      https://eol.org/pages/52231890

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