Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Aldabra giant tortoise

Aldabrachelys gigantea

Description:

Seen at the Zoo in Helbrunn, Salzburg

2 Species ID Suggestions

African Spurred Tortoise
Geochelone sulcata African spurred tortoise
Aldabra giant tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea Aldabra giant tortoise


Sign in to suggest organism ID

10 Comments

chebeague3
chebeague3 12 years ago

I think it is the african spurred tortoise!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

You're welcome HansNew! I saw those myself in Zanzibar...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/589...

Hans.New
Hans.New 12 years ago

thanks for the ID,i think, that`s the sollution.

Hans.New
Hans.New 12 years ago

Can´t say for sure. I think, the shell looks very similar, but from my point of view the legs of mine are larger (the legs of yours look different for me) and I´m not shure about the 60 - 90 cm / 25 to 35 inches. This one here should be larger. I´d say, mine is a giant turtle species.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

No problem. Do you think we have the same species on hand? I am changing that back to Unknown Spotting.

Hans.New
Hans.New 12 years ago

Don´t mind, there is no way to check the size on the first picture. My mistake, didn´t give that information. Sorry. But thanks for support.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

@HanSiNewcover: Ok. I was not definitely sure. I have a picture in my profile that seems very similar.

Hans.New
Hans.New 12 years ago

I loaded up another Picture. On that the turtle is not that good defined, but it must be some kind of Giant Turtle. It´s definitvely larger then the African one. Hope that helps, I don`t agree with the african tortoise.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

Looks like African Spurred Tortoise with dusty shell.

Hans.New
Spotted by
Hans.New

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Spotted on Aug 5, 2007
Submitted on Jan 31, 2012

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

Aldabra Giant Tortoise Aldabra Giant Tortoise Aldabra tortoise Aldabra giant tortoise

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Privet Pansy variety Pansy variety
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team