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Aldabrachelys gigantea

Aldabrachelys gigantea

Abrupt Giant Tortoise(+55)·(Schweigger, 1812)

GBIF:299400339

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(1)

Aldabra Atoll (Indian Ocean, Grande Terre, Picard, Malabar), introduced on Curieuse and Fregate (granitic Seychelles). Small groups exist on Cerf, Moyenne, Silhouette, Cousin, Cousine, Bird and Denis in the central Seychelles, on several of the Amirantes, and on Changu Island near Zanzibar (Tanzania).

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 33 languages.

engAbrupt Giant TortoiseengengAldabra Giant TortoiseengengAldabra Giant Tortoise [gigantea]engdeuAldabra-RiesenschildkrötedeudeuAldabra-Riesenschilkrötedeu+51 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 33 languages.

engAbrupt Giant Tortoise
eng
engAldabra Giant Tortoise
eng
engAldabra Giant Tortoise [gigantea]
eng
deuAldabra-Riesenschildkröte
deu
deuAldabra-Riesenschilkröte
deu
nobAldabrakjempeskilpadde
nob
finAldabranjättiläiskilpikonna
fin
danAldabraskildpadde
dan
sweAldabrasköldpadda
swe
engArnold’s Giant Tortoise [arnoldi]
eng
Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Tónteeldę́ę́ʼ chʼééh digháhiitsoh
nav
engDaudin’s Giant Tortoise [daudinii]
eng
engGiant Tortoise
eng
engGrandidier's Giant Tortoise
eng
slkKorytnačka obrovská
slk
msaKura-kura gergasi Aldabra
msa
indKura-kura raksasa Aldabra
ind
azeNəhəng tısbağa
aze
engRéunion Giant Tortoise
eng
vieRùa khổng lồ Aldabra
vie
nldSeychellenreuzenschildpad
nld
engSeychelles Giant Tortoise
eng
engSeychelles Giant Tortoise [hololissa]
eng
itaTartaruga gigante di Aldabra
ita
glgTartaruga xigante de Aldabra
glg
porTartaruga-de-Seychelles
por
porTartaruga-gigante-de-aldabra
por
fraTortue Géante d'Aldabra
fra
fraTortue géante des Seychelles
fra
fraTortue géante des Seychelles (La)
fra
fraTortue éléphantine (La)
fra
spaTortuga gigante de Aldabra
spa
hunaldabrai óriásteknős
hun
cattortuga gegant d'Aldabra
cat
polŻółw olbrzymi
pol
cesŽelva obrovská
ces
cesželva Gadowova
ces
cesželva Grandidierova
ces
cesželva Vosmaerova
ces
cesželva malgašská
ces
cesželva réunionská
ces
srpАлдабранска џиновска корњача
srp
ukrАльдабрська черепаха
ukr
bulГигантска костенурка
bul
rusГигантская черепаха
rus
rusИсполинская черепаха
rus
rusСейшельская гигантская черепаха
rus
hebצב יבשה ענק
heb
الدابرا جن کھچوپڑا
araسلحفاة ألدابرا العملاقة
ara
ആൽഡബ്ര ജയന്റ് ടോർടോയിസ്
mal
thaเต่ายักษ์อัลดาบรา
tha
jpnアルダブラゾウガメ
jpn
zho亞達伯拉象龜
zho
kor알다브라땅거북
kor
kor알다브라코끼리거북
kor

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The Catalogue of Life is building a comprehensive catalogue of all known species on Earth. It offers two types of releases that reflect different levels of quality. The Base Release is curated and verified by experts specifically for COL. The eXtended Release (COL XR) builds on the Base Release 2026-05-11 (COL26.5) by programmatically integrating additional data sources. It integrates information from 61504 overlapping taxonomic and nomenclatural global, regional, national and management data sources (checklists) as well as originating from digitised literature available in Catalogue of Life's infrastructure ChecklistBank. New names and other data included in the COL XR are indicated with the XR icon. This release addresses several gaps of the Base Release and also enriches the existing names with information such as authorships, references, and vernacular names. It also adds molecular data, such as barcode index numbers or operational taxonomic units, to the Catalogue of Life. Higher taxonomy is being added only in selected groups with important gaps. Meanwhile, the information from the global data sources of the Catalogue of Life Base Release remains unmodified. This enhanced process is continuously evolving and undergoing quality control checks by COL editors and its community. Due to its programmatic nature as well as the taxonomic and nomenclatural differences among the data sources used, some issues may arise. We therefore caution the user, and invite everyone to help log data issues in the [COL’s data GitHub repository](https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/data/issues/new?template=xcol-content-feedback.md). We will do our best to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Abreu, C., Acero P, A., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (2026-05-15 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgxsq

CC BYPublished 5/15/2026View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
299400339
Dataset Key
7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
Origin
source
Backbone Key
7696021
Taxon ID
6689N
Last Crawled
5/28/2026
Last Interpreted
6/4/2026