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Red-footed tortoises have many common names: red-leg, red-legged, or red-foot tortoise (often without the hyphen) and the savanna tortoise, as well as local names, such as carumbe or karumbe, which means 'slow moving' (Brazil, Paraguay), wayapopi or morrocoy (Venezuela, Colombia), and variations of jabuti such as japuta and jabuti-piranga (Brazil, Argentina). [5]
Tortoises (Testudinidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Geochelone carbonaria: Red-footed tortoise: Scaly sea turtles (Cheloniidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Caretta caretta: Loggerhead turtle: Endangered. Very rarely recorded around Montserrat. Not recorded nesting on Montserrat. Chelonia mydas: Green turtle: Endangered. Resident ...
Tortoises (Testudinidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Geochelone carbonaria: Red-footed tortoise: Present on Barbuda; probably extirpated from Antigua. Scaly sea turtles (Cheloniidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Caretta caretta: Loggerhead turtle: Endangered. Recorded in water only. Chelonia mydas: Green turtle: Endangered ...
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Red-legged tortoise may refer to: Red-footed tortoise, a tortoise native to South America. Wood turtle, a North America turtle. See also. Red turtle (disambiguation) ...
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C. carbonarius – red-footed tortoise [2] C. chilensis – Chaco tortoise [2] C. denticulatus – yellow-footed tortoise [2] C. niger – Galápagos tortoise – with the following subspecies: [2] [7] † C. n. abingdonii – Pinta Island tortoise (extinct as of 2012, but could be bred back from hybrids and/or persist as lone individuals) [2] [8]