Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.

plural of pancake tortoise

plural of small tortoiseshell

plural of large tortoiseshell

Any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.

Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise native to the Galapagos archipelago

(geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Miocene epoch.

Synonym of Black Turtle

Synonym of Black Turtle of the North

A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.