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id="toc-Conservazione" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conservazione"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Conservazione</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conservazione-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Note" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Note"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Note</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Note-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Altri_progetti" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Altri_progetti"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Altri progetti</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Altri_progetti-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Collegamenti_esterni" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Collegamenti_esterni"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Collegamenti esterni</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Collegamenti_esterni-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Indice" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Mostra/Nascondi l'indice" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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Disponibile in 34 lingue" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-34" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">34 lingue</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A9" title="سلحفاة ألدابرا العملاقة - arabo" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سلحفاة ألدابرا العملاقة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="arabo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C9%99h%C9%99ng_t%C4%B1sba%C4%9Fa" title="Nəhəng tısbağa - azerbaigiano" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Nəhəng tısbağa" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="azerbaigiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Гигантска костенурка - bulgaro" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гигантска костенурка" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="bulgaro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortuga_gegant_d%27Aldabra" title="Tortuga gegant d'Aldabra - catalano" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tortuga gegant d'Aldabra" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="catalano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsochelys_dussumieri" title="Dipsochelys dussumieri - cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Dipsochelys dussumieri" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDelva_obrovsk%C3%A1" title="Želva obrovská - ceco" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Želva obrovská" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="ceco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabra-Riesenschildkr%C3%B6te" title="Aldabra-Riesenschildkröte - tedesco" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aldabra-Riesenschildkröte" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="tedesco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabra_giant_tortoise" title="Aldabra giant tortoise - inglese" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Aldabra giant tortoise" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="inglese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabrachelys_gigantea" title="Aldabrachelys gigantea - spagnolo" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aldabrachelys gigantea" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="spagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabrachelys_gigantea" title="Aldabrachelys gigantea - basco" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aldabrachelys gigantea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="basco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%B4%D8%AA_%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%84%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="لاک‌پشت غول‌پیکر آلدابرا - persiano" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لاک‌پشت غول‌پیکر آلدابرا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="persiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabranj%C3%A4ttil%C3%A4iskilpikonna" title="Aldabranjättiläiskilpikonna - finlandese" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Aldabranjättiläiskilpikonna" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="finlandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortue_g%C3%A9ante_des_Seychelles" title="Tortue géante des Seychelles - francese" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tortue géante des Seychelles" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="francese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartaruga_xigante_de_Aldabra" title="Tartaruga xigante de Aldabra - galiziano" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Tartaruga xigante de Aldabra" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="galiziano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%91_%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%A7" title="צב יבשה ענק - ebraico" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צב יבשה ענק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="ebraico" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabrai_%C3%B3ri%C3%A1stekn%C5%91s" title="Aldabrai óriásteknős - ungherese" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Aldabrai óriásteknős" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="ungherese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baning_raksasa_aldabra" title="Baning raksasa aldabra - indonesiano" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Baning raksasa aldabra" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="indonesiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BE%E3%82%A6%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A1" title="アルダブラゾウガメ - giapponese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アルダブラゾウガメ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="giapponese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%8B%A4%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EC%BD%94%EB%81%BC%EB%A6%AC%EA%B1%B0%EB%B6%81" title="알다브라코끼리거북 - coreano" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="알다브라코끼리거북" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="coreano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="ആൽഡബ്ര ജയന്റ് ടോർടോയിസ് - malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആൽഡബ്ര ജയന്റ് ടോർടോയിസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kura-kura_gergasi_Aldabra" title="Kura-kura gergasi Aldabra - malese" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kura-kura gergasi Aldabra" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="malese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychellenreuzenschildpad" title="Seychellenreuzenschildpad - olandese" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Seychellenreuzenschildpad" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="olandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits%C4%AF%CA%BC_Yisht%C5%82izhii_T%C3%B3nteeld%C4%99%CC%81%C4%99%CC%81%CA%BC_ch%CA%BC%C3%A9%C3%A9h_digh%C3%A1hiitsoh" title="Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Tónteeldę́ę́ʼ chʼééh digháhiitsoh - navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Tónteeldę́ę́ʼ chʼééh digháhiitsoh" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BB%C3%B3%C5%82w_olbrzymi" title="Żółw olbrzymi - polacco" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Żółw olbrzymi" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="polacco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%86_%DA%A9%DA%BE%DA%86%D9%88%D9%BE%DA%91%D8%A7" title="الدابرا جن کھچوپڑا - Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="الدابرا جن کھچوپڑا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartaruga-gigante-de-Aldabra" title="Tartaruga-gigante-de-Aldabra - portoghese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Tartaruga-gigante-de-Aldabra" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="portoghese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Nomenclatura_binomiale" title="Nomenclatura binomiale">Nomenclatura binomiale</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sinottico_testo_centrale" colspan="2"><i><b>Aldabrachelys gigantea</b></i><br /><span style="font-variant: small-caps">(<a href="/wiki/August_Friedrich_Schweigger" title="August Friedrich Schweigger">Schweigger</a>, 1812)</span> </td></tr><tr class="sinottico_divisione"><th colspan="2" style="background-color: pink; color: black;"><a href="/wiki/Sinonimo_(tassonomia)" title="Sinonimo (tassonomia)">Sinonimi</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sinottico_testo_centrale" colspan="2">  <div align="center"><a href="#Sinonimi">*Vedi testo</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>La <b>tartaruga gigante di Aldabra</b> (<i>Aldabrachelys gigantea</i> (<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Schweigger, 1812</span>)), proveniente dalle isole dell'atollo di <a href="/wiki/Aldabra" title="Aldabra">Aldabra</a>, nelle <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>, è una delle <a href="/wiki/Tartarughe" class="mw-redirect" title="Tartarughe">tartarughe</a> più grandi al mondo.<sup id="cite_ref-pritchard_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pritchard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Storicamente, tartarughe giganti come quella di Aldabra erano comuni in molte isole dell'<a href="/wiki/Oceano_Indiano" title="Oceano Indiano">oceano Indiano</a> occidentale, così come in <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>, e la documentazione fossile indica che un tempo le tartarughe giganti erano molto più comuni, ed erano presenti in ogni continente e in molte isole con l'eccezione dell'Australia e dell'Antartide.<sup id="cite_ref-palk2002_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palk2002-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Si pensa che molte delle specie presenti nelle isole dell'oceano Indiano siano state portate all'estinzione dalla caccia eccessiva da parte dei marinai europei, e già nel 1840, con l'eccezione della tartaruga gigante di Aldabra, tutte le tartarughe giganti degli atolli indiani si estinsero.<sup id="cite_ref-palk2003_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palk2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebbene alcuni individui rimanenti di <i>A. g. hololissa</i> e <i>A. g. arnoldi</i> possano essere ancora presenti in cattività,<sup id="cite_ref-palk2003_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palk2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in tempi recenti, sono state tutte ridotte a <a href="/wiki/Sottospecie" title="Sottospecie">sottospecie</a> di <i>A. gigantea</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ttwg2014_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ttwg2014-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Descrizione">Descrizione</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Modifica la sezione Descrizione" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Descrizione"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aldabrachelys_gigantea_A_Cupulatta_03.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Aldabrachelys_gigantea_A_Cupulatta_03.JPG/220px-Aldabrachelys_gigantea_A_Cupulatta_03.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Aldabrachelys_gigantea_A_Cupulatta_03.JPG/330px-Aldabrachelys_gigantea_A_Cupulatta_03.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Aldabrachelys_gigantea_A_Cupulatta_03.JPG/440px-Aldabrachelys_gigantea_A_Cupulatta_03.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3672" /></a><figcaption>Dettaglio del carapace della tartaruga gigante di Aldabra</figcaption></figure> <p>Il <a href="/wiki/Carapace" title="Carapace">carapace</a> della tartaruga gigante di Aldabra è di colore marrone, marrone chiaro o grigio, con una forma alta e a cupola. Possiede zampe tozze e pesantemente <a href="/wiki/Squama" title="Squama">squamate</a> per sostenere il suo corpo pesante. Il collo della tartaruga gigante di Aldabra è molto lungo, anche se paragonato alle sue dimensioni, il che aiuta l'animale a raggiungere i rami degli <a href="/wiki/Alberi" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberi">alberi</a> fino a un metro da terra per nutrirsene. Di dimensioni simili alla famosa <a href="/wiki/Chelonoidis_niger" title="Chelonoidis niger">tartaruga delle Galapagos</a>, il suo carapace è lungo in media 122 centimetri (48 pollici), con un peso medio di 250 kg (550 libbre). Le femmine sono generalmente più piccole dei maschi, con esemplari che misurano in media 91 centimetri (36 pollici) di lunghezza, per un peso di 159 kg (351 libbre).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gli esemplari di taglia media in cattività possono raggiungere un peso di 70–110 kg (da 150 a 240 libbre).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Un altro studio ha registrato una massa corporea massima di 132 kg (291 libbre).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribuzione_e_habitat">Distribuzione e habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Modifica la sezione Distribuzione e habitat" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Distribuzione e habitat"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aldabra_giant_tortoises_on_Changuu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Aldabra_giant_tortoises_on_Changuu.jpg/220px-Aldabra_giant_tortoises_on_Changuu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Aldabra_giant_tortoises_on_Changuu.jpg/330px-Aldabra_giant_tortoises_on_Changuu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Aldabra_giant_tortoises_on_Changuu.jpg/440px-Aldabra_giant_tortoises_on_Changuu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1700" data-file-height="1133" /></a><figcaption>La popolazione isolata dell'isola <a href="/wiki/Prison_Island" title="Prison Island">Changuu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></figcaption></figure> <p>La popolazione principale della tartaruga gigante di Aldabra risiede nell'omonimo <a href="/wiki/Aldabra" title="Aldabra">atollo di Aldabra</a>, nelle <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>. L'atollo è protetto dall'influenza umana e ospita circa 100 000 tartarughe giganti, la più grande popolazione mondiale di questi animali.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Popolazioni più piccole di <i>A. gigantea</i>, nelle Seychelles, sono presenti anche nel Sainte Anne Marine National Park (es. Isola di Moyenne ),<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> e a <a href="/wiki/La_Digue" title="La Digue">La Digue</a>, dove sono una popolare attrazione turistica. Un'altra popolazione isolata della specie risiede sull'isola di <a href="/wiki/Prison_Island" title="Prison Island">Changuu</a>, vicino allo <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a>, e altre popolazioni in cattività risiedono in parchi protetti a <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> e <a href="/wiki/Rodrigues" title="Rodrigues">Rodrigues</a>. </p><p>Le tartarughe giganti di Aldabra vivono in molti habitat diversi, tra cui <a href="/wiki/Praterie" class="mw-redirect" title="Praterie">praterie</a>, boscaglie, <a href="/wiki/Mangrovia" title="Mangrovia">paludi di mangrovie</a> e dune costiere. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tortoise_turf"><i>Tortoise turf</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Modifica la sezione Tortoise turf" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Tortoise turf"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>La presenza delle tartarughe giganti sulle isole ha permesso la <a href="/wiki/Coevoluzione" title="Coevoluzione">coevoluzione</a> di un nuovo habitat, causato dalle pressioni alimentari delle tartarughe: il "tortoise turf", un insieme di oltre venti specie di erbe e piante. Molte di queste piante sono nane, e il loro <a href="/wiki/Semi" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi">semi</a> rimangono a livello del suolo anziché in cima allo stelo, fuori dalla portata delle tartarughe. </p><p>Essendo l'animale più grande nel suo habitat, la tartaruga gigante di Aldabra svolge un ruolo simile a quello dell'<a href="/wiki/Elefante" class="mw-redirect" title="Elefante">elefante</a>. La loro vigorosa ricerca di cibo abbatte gli alberi e crea percorsi naturali utilizzati da altri animali. Questi grandi erbivori trascorrono gran parte del loro tempo a cercare cibo nell'ambiente circostante. Il tappeto erboso in cui le tartarughe "pascolano" è composto dalle <a href="/wiki/Piante" class="mw-redirect" title="Piante">piante</a>: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bacopa_monnieri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bacopa monnieri (la pagina non esiste)">Bacopa monnieri</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boerhavia_elegans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boerhavia elegans (la pagina non esiste)">Boerhavia elegans</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cassia_aldabrensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cassia aldabrensis (la pagina non esiste)">Cassia aldabrensis</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyperus_dubius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cyperus dubius (la pagina non esiste)">Cyperus dubius</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Euphorbia_prostrata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Euphorbia prostrata (la pagina non esiste)">Euphorbia prostrata</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Euphorbia_stoddartii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Euphorbia stoddartii (la pagina non esiste)">Euphorbia stoddartii</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evolvulus_alsinoides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evolvulus alsinoides (la pagina non esiste)">Evolvulus alsinoides</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fimbristylis_cymosa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fimbristylis cymosa (la pagina non esiste)">Fimbristylis cymosa</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fimbristylis_ferruginea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fimbristylis ferruginea (la pagina non esiste)">Fimbristylis ferruginea</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panicum_aldabrense&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Panicum aldabrense (la pagina non esiste)">Panicum aldabrense</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phyllanthus_maderaspatensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phyllanthus maderaspatensis (la pagina non esiste)">Phyllanthus maderaspatensis</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sclerodactylon_macrostachyum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sclerodactylon macrostachyum (la pagina non esiste)">Sclerodactylon macrostachyum</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Solanum_nigrum" title="Solanum nigrum">Solanum nigrum</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sporobolus_virginicus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sporobolus virginicus (la pagina non esiste)">Sporobolus virginicus</a></i>, e altre.<sup id="cite_ref-grubb_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grubb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hnat_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hnat-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tassonomia">Tassonomia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Modifica la sezione Tassonomia" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Tassonomia"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aldabrachelys_gigantea.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Aldabrachelys_gigantea.JPG/220px-Aldabrachelys_gigantea.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Aldabrachelys_gigantea.JPG/330px-Aldabrachelys_gigantea.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Aldabrachelys_gigantea.JPG/440px-Aldabrachelys_gigantea.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><i>A. gigantea</i> sull'isola Moyenne (Seychelles, marzo 2016)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aldabra_Tortoise_036.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Aldabra_Tortoise_036.jpg/220px-Aldabra_Tortoise_036.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Aldabra_Tortoise_036.jpg/330px-Aldabra_Tortoise_036.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Aldabra_Tortoise_036.jpg/440px-Aldabra_Tortoise_036.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Alcuni esemplari presso il <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Zoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville Zoo">Louisville Zoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Questa specie è ampiamente conosciuta come <i>Aldabrachelys gigantea</i>, ma in tempi recenti sono stati effettuati vari tentativi di utilizzare il nome <i><a href="/wiki/Dipsochelys" class="mw-redirect" title="Dipsochelys">Dipsochelys</a></i>, come <i>Dipsochelys dussumieri</i>, ma dopo un lungo dibattito durato due anni e diverse osservazioni, l'<a href="/wiki/ICZN" class="mw-redirect" title="ICZN">ICZN</a> ha infine deciso di conservare il nome <i>Testudo gigantea</i> al posto di <i>Dipsochelys</i> (ICZN 2013).<sup id="cite_ref-iucn13_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn13-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ciò ha influenzato anche il nome del <a href="/wiki/Genere_(tassonomia)" title="Genere (tassonomia)">genere</a> per la specie, stabilendo <i>Aldabrachelys gigantea</i> come <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nomen_oblitum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nomen oblitum (la pagina non esiste)">nomen protectum</a></i>. </p><p>Attualmente sono riconosciute quattro <a href="/wiki/Sottospecie" title="Sottospecie">sottospecie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ttwg2014_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ttwg2014-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> L'autore trinomiale tra parentesi indica che la sottospecie venne originariamente descritta in un genere diverso da <i>Aldabrachelys</i>: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aldabrachelys_gigantea_gigantea" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea">A. g. gigantea</a></i> <small>(<a href="/wiki/August_Friedrich_Schweigger" title="August Friedrich Schweigger">Schweigger</a>, 1812: 327)</small>,<sup id="cite_ref-schweig12_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schweig12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>tartaruga gigante di Aldabra</b> - dell'isola di <a href="/wiki/Aldabra" title="Aldabra">Aldabra</a>, delle <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>;</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aldabrachelys_gigantea_arnoldi" title="Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi">A. g. arnoldi</a></i> <small>(Bour, 1982: 118)</small>,<sup id="cite_ref-bour82_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bour82-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>tartaruga gigante di Arnold</b> - dall'<a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%A9" title="Mahé">isola di Mahé</a>, delle Seychelles;</li> <li>† <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea_daudinii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aldabrachelys gigantea daudinii (la pagina non esiste)">A. g. daudinii</a></i> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Marie_Constant_Dum%C3%A9ril" title="André Marie Constant Duméril">AMC Duméril</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Bibron" title="Gabriel Bibron">Bibron</a>, 1835: 123)</small>,<sup id="cite_ref-d&b1835_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d&b1835-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>tartaruga gigante di Daudin</b> - dall'isola di Mahé, delle Seychelles (estintasi nel 1850);<sup id="cite_ref-ttwg2014_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ttwg2014-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aldabrachelys_gigantea_hololissa" title="Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa">A. g. hololissa</a></i> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Albert_G%C3%BCnther" title="Albert Günther">Günther</a>, 1877: 39)</small>,<sup id="cite_ref-gunther77_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gunther77-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>tartaruga gigante delle Seychelles</b> - dalle isole Seychelles di Cerf, Cousine, Frégate, Mahé, Praslin, Round e Silhouette;</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sinonimi">Sinonimi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Modifica la sezione Sinonimi" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Sinonimi"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>La specie presenta diversi <a href="/wiki/Sinonimo_(tassonomia)" title="Sinonimo (tassonomia)">sinonimi</a>, tra cui:<sup id="cite_ref-ttwg2014_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ttwg2014-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Testudo_(zoologia)" title="Testudo (zoologia)">Testudo</a> gigantea</i> <small>Schweigger, 1812: 327</small><sup id="cite_ref-schweig12_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schweig12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Testudo dussumieri</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Schlegel" title="Hermann Schlegel">Schlegel</a> in <a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Grey</a>, 1830: 3 (<i><a href="/wiki/Nomen_nudum" title="Nomen nudum">nomen nudum</a></i>)</small></li> <li><i>Testudo dussumieri</i> <small>-Gray, 1831d: 9 (<i><a href="/wiki/Nomen_conservandum" title="Nomen conservandum">nomen rejectum</a></i>, ICZN 2013)</small></li> <li><i>Testudo elephantina</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Marie_Constant_Dum%C3%A9ril" title="André Marie Constant Duméril">A.MC Duméril</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Bibron" title="Gabriel Bibron">Bibron</a>, 1835: 110</small><sup id="cite_ref-d&b1835_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d&b1835-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Testudo ponderosa</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Albert_G%C3%BCnther" title="Albert Günther">Günther</a>, 1877: 35</small><sup id="cite_ref-gunther77_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gunther77-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Testudo sumeirei</i> <small>Sauzier, 1892: 396</small></li> <li><i>Testudo gouffei</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Walter_Rothschild" title="Lionel Walter Rothschild">Rothschild</a>, 1906: 753</small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biologia">Biologia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Modifica la sezione Biologia" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Biologia"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comportamento">Comportamento</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Modifica la sezione Comportamento" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Comportamento"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Le tartarughe giganti di Aldabra vivono solitarie o in branchi, tendendo riunirsi principalmente nelle praterie aperte. Sono più attive la mattina, quando passano il tempo a cercare cibo. Durante le ore più calde del giorno scavano delle tane o riposano nelle paludi per cercare refrigerio. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alimentazione">Alimentazione</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Modifica la sezione Alimentazione" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Alimentazione"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ile_Curieuse_-_Tortue_(5).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Ile_Curieuse_-_Tortue_%285%29.JPG/220px-Ile_Curieuse_-_Tortue_%285%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Ile_Curieuse_-_Tortue_%285%29.JPG/330px-Ile_Curieuse_-_Tortue_%285%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Ile_Curieuse_-_Tortue_%285%29.JPG/440px-Ile_Curieuse_-_Tortue_%285%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1069" /></a><figcaption>Tartaruga gigante mentre si nutre</figcaption></figure> <p>Principalmente <a href="/wiki/Erbivoro" title="Erbivoro">erbivore</a>, le tartarughe giganti di Aldabra si nutrono di <a href="/wiki/Erbe" title="Erbe">erbe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foglie" class="mw-redirect" title="Foglie">foglie</a> e steli di piante legnose. Occasionalmente possono nutrirsi anche di piccoli invertebrati e <a href="/wiki/Carogne" class="mw-redirect" title="Carogne">carogne</a>, mangiando anche i corpi di altre tartarughe morte per ricavare <a href="/wiki/Proteine" title="Proteine">proteine</a>. In cattività, le tartarughe giganti di Aldabra si nutrono anche di <a href="/wiki/Frutta" title="Frutta">frutta</a>, come mele e banane, oltre a pellet vegetali compressi.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Data la scarsità di <a href="/wiki/Acqua" title="Acqua">acqua</a> disponibile nell'atollo di Aldabra, le tartarughe ne bevono pochissima e la ricavano dal cibo di cui si nutrono. </p><p>La tartaruga gigante di Aldabra ha due principali varietà di carapace: gli esemplari che vivono in habitat dove il cibo disponibile cresce a terra o a livello del terreno hanno carapaci a forma di cupola con la parte anteriore che si estende verso il basso sopra il collo; gli esemplari che vivono in un ambiente dove il cibo disponibile cresce più in alto hanno gusci più appiattiti con la parte anteriore sollevata per consentire al collo di estendersi liberamente verso l'alto.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Riproduzione">Riproduzione</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Modifica la sezione Riproduzione" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Riproduzione"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aldabra_mating_4.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aldabra_mating_4.JPG/220px-Aldabra_mating_4.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aldabra_mating_4.JPG/330px-Aldabra_mating_4.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aldabra_mating_4.JPG/440px-Aldabra_mating_4.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1744" data-file-height="1261" /></a><figcaption>Accoppiamento</figcaption></figure> <p>È una specie <a href="/wiki/Oviparit%C3%A0" title="Oviparità">ovipara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TRD_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TRD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tra febbraio e maggio, le femmine depongono dalle 9 alle 25 <a href="/wiki/Uovo_(biologia)" title="Uovo (biologia)">uova</a> fecondate dalla forma circolare e gommose, simili per dimensione a una palla da biliardo, in un nido asciutto e poco profondo. Solitamente, meno della metà delle uova risulta fertile. Le femmine possono produrre più covate in un anno. Dopo un'incubazione di circa otto mesi, il piccolo è indipendente dalla schiusa, che avviene tra ottobre e dicembre.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stearns_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stearns-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In cattività, le date di deposizione delle uova variano. Lo zoo di Tulsa<sup id="cite_ref-collins_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collins-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> possiede un piccolo branco di tartarughe giganti di Aldabra che si sono riprodotte diverse volte dal 1999. Le femmine, solitamente, depongono le uova a novembre e di nuovo a gennaio, a condizione che il clima sia abbastanza caldo per la deposizione. Lo zoo incuba anche artificialmente le uova, mantenendo due incubatrici separate a 27 °C (81 °F) e 30 °C (86 °F). In media, le uova conservate in quest'ultima si schiudono nel giro di 107 giorni.<sup id="cite_ref-bourn_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bourn-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Le grandi tartarughe sono tra gli animali più longevi. Si ritiene che alcuni esemplari di tartarughe giganti di Aldabra abbiano più di 200 anni, ma ciò è difficile da constatare poiché tendono a superare con l'età i loro osservatori umani. Un esemplare chiamato Adwaita fu presumibilmente uno dei quattro esemplari portati dai marinai britannici dalle isole Seychelles come doni a <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clive" title="Robert Clive">Robert Clive</a> della <a href="/wiki/Compagnia_britannica_delle_Indie_Orientali" class="mw-redirect" title="Compagnia britannica delle Indie Orientali">Compagnia britannica delle Indie Orientali</a>, nel XVIII secolo, e arrivò allo zoo di Calcutta nel 1875. Alla sua morte, nel marzo 2006, a Kolkata (ex Calcutta) Zoo, in India, si ritiene che Adwaita abbia vissuto più a lungo di qualsiasi altra tartaruga nota, con un'età di 255 anni (anno di nascita 1750).<sup id="cite_ref-BBC4837988_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC4837988-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Al momento si ritiene che l'esemplare più vecchio ancora in vita sia Jonathan, una <a href="/wiki/Aldabrachelys_gigantea_hololissa" title="Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa">tartaruga gigante delle Seychelles</a>, che nel 2022 ha festeggiato i suoi 190 anni,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> con Esmeralda, una tartaruga gigante di Aldabra, in seconda posizione con un'età di 176 anni, dalla morte di Harriet a 176 anni, una <a href="/wiki/Chelonoidis_niger" title="Chelonoidis niger">tartaruga gigante delle Galapagos</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conservazione">Conservazione</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Modifica la sezione Conservazione" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Conservazione"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>La tartaruga gigante di Aldabra ha una storia insolitamente lunga di conservazione organizzata. <a href="/wiki/Albert_G%C3%BCnther" title="Albert Günther">Albert Günther</a> del <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>, che in seguito si trasferì al <a href="/wiki/Museo_di_storia_naturale_di_Londra" class="mw-redirect" title="Museo di storia naturale di Londra">Museo di storia naturale di Londra</a> (arruolando <a href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a> e altri famosi scienziati per aiutarlo) lavorò con il governo di <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> per istituire una riserva alla fine del XIX secolo. Specie correlate, ma distinte, di tartaruga gigante delle isole Seychelles (la tartaruga gigante delle Seychelles <i>A. g. hololissa</i>, e la tartaruga gigante di Arnold <i>A. g. Arnoldi</i>) sono oggetto di un programma di riproduzione in cattività e reintroduzione in natura da parte del Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles.<sup id="cite_ref-spratt_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spratt-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-swingland_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swingland-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Note">Note</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Modifica la sezione Note" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Note"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-IUCN-1"><a href="#cite_ref-IUCN_1-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation testo" style="font-style:normal">(<span style="font-weight:bolder; font-size:80%"><abbr title="inglese">EN</abbr></span>) Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/9010"><span style="font-style:italic;">Geochelone gigantea</span></a>, su <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Lista_rossa_IUCN" title="Lista rossa IUCN">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></span>, Versione 2020.2, <a href="/wiki/Unione_internazionale_per_la_conservazione_della_natura" title="Unione internazionale per la conservazione della natura">IUCN</a>, 2020.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pritchard-2"><a href="#cite_ref-pritchard_2-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text">Pritchard, Peter C.H. <i>Encyclopedia of Turtles</i>. 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Int. Zoo Yb., Vol. 27, 1988, pp. 98–103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-collins-22"><a href="#cite_ref-collins_22-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text">Collins, Dave. "Captive Breeding and Management of the Aldabra Tortoise". Presented to 8th International Herpetological Symposium, Jacksonville Zoo, Jacksonville, Fl., 1984.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bourn-23"><a href="#cite_ref-bourn_23-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text">Bourn, D. Reproductive Study of Giant Tortoises on Aldabra. J. 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Int. Zoo Yb., Vol. 28, 1989, pp. 66–69.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-swingland-29"><a href="#cite_ref-swingland_29-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text">Swingland, Ian R. <i>Aldabran Giant Tortoise</i>. The Conservation Biology of Tortoises, Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), No. 5, 1989.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Altri_progetti">Altri progetti</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Modifica la sezione Altri progetti" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Altri progetti"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div id="interProject" class="toccolours" style="display: none; clear: both; margin-top: 2em"><p id="sisterProjects" style="background-color: #efefef; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin: 0"><span>Altri progetti</span></p><ul title="Collegamenti verso gli altri progetti Wikimedia"> <li class="" title=""><span class="plainlinks" title="commons:Category:Aldabrachelys gigantea"><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Aldabrachelys_gigantea?uselang=it">Wikimedia Commons</a></span></li> <li class="" title=""><span class="plainlinks" title="wikispecies:Aldabrachelys gigantea"><a class="external text" href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aldabrachelys_gigantea?uselang=it">Wikispecies</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/?uselang=it" title="Collabora a Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Collabora a Wikimedia Commons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/27px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/36px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/?uselang=it">Wikimedia Commons</a></span> contiene immagini o altri file su <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Aldabrachelys_gigantea?uselang=it">Aldabrachelys gigantea</a></span></b></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/?uselang=it" title="Collabora a Wikispecies"><img alt="Collabora a Wikispecies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/WikiSpecies_notext.svg/18px-WikiSpecies_notext.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/WikiSpecies_notext.svg/27px-WikiSpecies_notext.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/WikiSpecies_notext.svg/36px-WikiSpecies_notext.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="129" /></a></span> <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/?uselang=it">Wikispecies</a></span> contiene informazioni su <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aldabrachelys_gigantea?uselang=it">Aldabrachelys gigantea</a></span></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collegamenti_esterni">Collegamenti esterni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Modifica la sezione Collegamenti esterni" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldabrachelys_gigantea&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Collegamenti esterni"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><cite id="CITEREFBritannica.com" class="citation web" style="font-style:normal">(<span style="font-weight:bolder; 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