#1740 · 🦎 reptiles

Galápagos Giant Tortoise

🇳🇱 Galapagosreuzenschildpad ·Chelonoidis niger

🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © John G. Phillips · CC BY 4.0
2. © Oliver g jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Juan Arias Bermeo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © kjohnston406 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © smmcdonald · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Isabela, Parque Nacional Galápagos, EC-GA, EC:© Floyd E. Hayes · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Isabela, Parque Nacional Galápagos, EC-GA, EC:© Floyd E. Hayes · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Galápagos, EC:© Bill Levine · CC BY 4.0
9. Santa Cruz, EC-GA, EC:© evemr · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Santa Cruz, EC-GA, EC:© Floyd E. Hayes · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise ( Chelonoidis niger ) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains three smaller species from mainland South America). The species comprises 15 subspecies (13 extant and 2 extinct). It is the largest living species of tortoise, and can weigh up to 417 kg (919 lb). They are also the largest extant terrestrial cold-blooded animals (ectotherms).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,582iNaturalist 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).