What are the largest?

[varanio]

actually the galapagos is not illegal to own, you must have cites certification to get them and if they are born in a particular state they are not allowed to be transported out of that state. There have been a few handful of galapagos for sale, that are cbb

 

[Ophiuchus]

I know aldabras are defintely larger than sulcatas. But which of these two are larger? the sulcata or the leopard tortoise?

 

[varanio]

sulcattas are much larger than leopards

 

[coura]

Rafetus swinhoei is the valid name for this sp (as far as i know )

Yes you are rigth , just figure Ive used the old name but they represent the same animal

 

[Red tail catking]

actually the galapagos is not illegal to own, you must have cites certification to get them and if they are born in a particular state they are not allowed to be transported out of that state. There have been a few handful of galapagos for sale, that are cbb

Alex what don't you know?!

 

[davo]

actually the galapagos is not illegal to own, you must have cites certification to get them and if they are born in a particular state they are not allowed to be transported out of that state. There have been a few handful of galapagos for sale, that are cbb

There was a guy on one of the forums I frequent with a male, looking for someone who had a female for a breeding project so private hobbiests do have them here, but it really isn't common.

I love the aldabrans though. Bristol zoo, my local zoo, thinks that one of it's aldabrans is a Dipsochelys hololissa instead, which would be cool.

 

[CTU2fan]

I think I've seen Aldabrans for sale also, not sure but pretty sure.

 

[wayne the pain]

Yes you are rigth , just figure Ive used the old name but they represent the same animal

Same animal, but still 100 kg off the size of Chitra

 

[coura]

Same animal, but still 100 kg off the size of Chitra

In my info 50kg This specie´s males also reach 180 cm

 

[Red tail catking]

I think I've seen Aldabrans for sale also, not sure but pretty sure.

theturtlesource.com is selling some right now.

I kind of lean toward C. cornuta but that's just based on seeing pics and vids of specimens. Rhinos seem to be a bit more heavily built.

Or mabye its the Cyclura nubila nubila or the Cyclura lewisi, but I'm not sure. There is so many diffrent species of Cyclura that are so similar in size that its hard to tell.