#1737 · 🦎 reptiles

Red-footed Tortoise

🇳🇱 Kolenbranderschildpad ·Chelonoidis carbonarius

🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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1. © wild___max · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Iván Lau · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Daniel Vásquez-Restrepo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Flávio Mendes · CC BY-NC 4.0
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6. © Justyn Stahl · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © João Menezes · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © João Menezes · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The red-footed tortoise ( Chelonoidis carbonarius ) is a species of tortoises from northern South America. These medium-sized tortoises generally average 30 cm (12 in) as adults, but can reach over 40 cm (16 in). They have dark-colored, loaf-shaped carapaces (back shell) with a lighter patch in the middle of each scute (scales on the shell), and dark limbs with brightly colored scales that range from pale yellow to dark red. Recognized differences are seen between red-footed tortoises from different regions. They...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,774iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
6,774 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Baptist von Spix in 1824 (202 years ago).