Aldabra Tortoise

Aldabra Tortoise

Aldabra Tortoise range from darker gray or black with a high-domed carapace. They have a very long neck that aids in gathering food and long legs that are thick and long.

Males: Males have longer and thicker tails than females.

Size

Males: mature males are average in carapace (shell) length of 122 centimeters (4 feet.)

Female: The female carapace length is 91cm (3 3.).

Weight

Males: Men who weigh who weigh up 250 kg (550 lbs.) or more

Female: Mature females average 159 kg (350 lb.)

Diet

Although it is primarily dependent on vegetation, but it is also a vegetarian. Aldabra tortoise is able and opportunistic with its food. To ensure that it has sufficient nutrition to survive it is possible for the tortoise to augment its food with smaller invertebrates or some even carcasses (including the dead of tortoises).

Incubation

Incubation depends on temperature in warm temperatures eggs hatch in around 110 days. However, in cooler temperatures, eggs require 250 days to hatch.

Size of the Clutch: Typically, females lay between 4 to 14 eggs that are of which less than a quarter are fertile. In zoological environments the size of the clutch could grow, reaching 9-25 eggs.

Breeding Period

In healthy populations, which are not crowded A another generation (laying) during the breeding period is very likely.

Sexual maturity

Sexual maturation will be determined by your size, rather than age. Most species start reproducing when they’re about half total size, typically about 25 years old.

Life span

Unknown, but it is likely to live more than 100 years.

Range

The whole wildlife population that inhabits Aldabra Tortoise are restricted to Aldabra Atoll (a small group of coral islands within the nation of islands in Seychelles located to the north from Madagascar).

Habitat

There are a variety of habitats in the islands where tortoises are located, such as mangrove swamp, scrub and coastal dunes. The highest concentrations of tortoises are found on platins, or grasslands.