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Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa (Seychelles giant tortoise)

Synonyms: Dipsochelys dussumieri hololissa

Wikipedia Abstract

The Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa) is a tortoise subspecies in the genus Aldabrachelys. It inhabited the large central granitic Seychelles islands, but was slaughtered in vast numbers by European sailors and settlers. By around 1840 it was presumed to be extinct, along with the Arnold's giant tortoise, a species which shared the same islands.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Granitic Seychelles forests Seychelles Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0