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Turtle Species
Brazilian Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis denticulatus
- Scientific nameChelonoidis denticulatus
- Japanese nameキアシガメ
- FamilyTortoises (Testudinidae)
- Max carapace length94 cm
- Longest recorded lifespan35 years
- DietOmnivorous
- LifestyleTerrestrial
- Conservation status (IUCN)VU — Vulnerable
- iNaturalist observations2,365
About this species
The yellow-footed tortoise, also known as the Brazilian giant tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae and is closely related to the red-footed tortoise. It is found in the Amazon Basin of South America. The species name has often been misspelled as denticulata, an error introduced in the 1980s when Chelonoidis was elevated to genus and mistakenly treated as feminine, an error recognized and fixed in 2017.
Source: Wikipedia「Yellow-footed tortoise」 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
