Aldabra Giant Tortoise Size
Size of Aldabra Giant Tortoise
| Weight | 150-250 kg [Females: 150kg (330.7 lb); Males: 250kg (551 lb)] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 90-122 cm [Females: 90cm (3504 in); Males: 122cm (48 in)] | ||
| Lifespan | 100-176 yrs [Up to 100-150 years in the wild; up to 176 years in captivity] | ||
| Maximum speed | Top land speed is 0.5 kmph (0.3 mph) | ||
The Aldabra Giant Tortoise is a member of the chordata, In taxonomy, its phylum is Chordata, the class is Reptilia, and it belongs to the order Testudines.
The Aldabra Giant Tortoise belonged to the family Testudinidae, mainly distributed in Ocean. They like to live in grasslands and swamps, and diurnal is their life style.Their skin type is scales, and their bodies have multiple colors, mainly brown, black, tan. In addition, grasses, leaves, flowers are also foods that it often preys.Their main predators are giant crab, humans, cats.It is currently estimated that there are 200,000.
The most distinctive feature of Aldabra Giant Tortoise is large, high-domed shell. If we use one sentence to describe the Aldabra Giant Tortoise, it is "One got to be 255 years old!".
