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Yellow-footed tortoise

Reptiles

The yellow-footed tortoise, also called the Brazilian giant tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae, closely related to the red-footed tortoise. It is found in the Amazon Basin of South America. Its species name has often been misspelled as denticulata, an error introduced in the 1980s when its genus Chelonoidis was elevated and mistakenly treated as feminine; the error was recognized and corrected in 2017. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Chelonoidis denticulatus 2
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Chelonoidis, Taxa
Source Yellow-footed tortoise (Wikidata)

In Ecosystem

Amazon Rainforest, Ecosystems
Source Yellow-footed tortoise (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Venezuela, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Yellow-footed tortoise
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    75 in) and the largest known specimen at 94 cm (37 in), this is the sixth-largest tortoise species on Earth, after the Galapagos tortoise, the Aldabra tortoise, the African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata, typical size 76 cm (30 in)), the leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), and the Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys), typical size 60 cm (23.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = VU
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2. Yellow-footed tortoise (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q18867 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
  • Child Taxon Of: Chelonoidis, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q2080003 (Chelonoidis)
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Yellow-footed tortoise (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 361261, target E16282
Quote, In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 361261, target E16282
It is found in the Amazon Basin of South America.
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