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/
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific NameChelonoidis denticulatus 3 Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
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In Biome
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In Ecosystem
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Yellow-footed tortoise (Wikipedia)
Conservation status
This species of tortoise is popular in the pet trade.
Section: Diet; begins "In the wild, their diets consist of grasses, flo"
In the wild, their diets consist of grasses, flowers, fallen fruit, carrion, plants, bones, mushrooms, excrement, and slow-moving invertebrates such as snails, worms, and others they are able to capture.
In Biome: Grassland, Natural habitat
Regardless, they are found in drier forest areas, grasslands, and the savanna, or rainforest belts adjoining more open habitats.
In Biome: Savanna, Natural habitat
Regardless, they are found in drier forest areas, grasslands, and the savanna, or rainforest belts adjoining more open habitats.
In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 361261, target E16282
It is found in the Amazon Basin of South America.
View the Source2. 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.
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View the Source3. 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)
View the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Chelonoidis denticulatus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 68362Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 68362
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