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Wikipedia
Information on a Galapagos Tortoise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_tortoise
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ADW: Giant Tortoise - Chelonoidis nigra
The Giant Tortoise can be up to 1.1m long and can reach an age of over 100 years. The animal's carapace resembles a black, horny shield, although the lichens that sometimes live on the shell can give it a mottled appearance.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chelonoidis_nigra/
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Lonesome George the Galapagos Tortoise - BBC - YouTube
Simon Reeve visits Lonesome George whilst he visits the Galapagos islands and tells his story. From the BBC series Equator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyOLK3QVprE
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Galapagos Giant Tortoise - ARKive
The enormous Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) was once so numerous that Spanish explorers of the region named the Galapagos archipelago after its extraordinary inhabitant; galapagos means 'tortoise' in Spanish.
http://www.arkive.org/galapagos-giant-tortoise/chelonoidis-nigra/
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Galapagos Tortoise - A-Z Animals
The Galapagos tortoise (giant Galapagos tortoise) was first documented by Charles Darwin last century when he went on his trip to the Galapagos islands.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/galapagos-tortoise/
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Galapagos Tortoises - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about Galapagos tortoises with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/galapagos-tortoise
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Galapagos Tortoise - National Geographic Kids
Galapagos tortoises can live to be over 100 years old.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/galapagos-tortoise/
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New Species of Giant Tortoise Found in the Galápagos - Livescience
A few hundred tortoises living on the eastern side of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos are actually a newfound species, a genetic study finds.
http://www.livescience.com/52545-new-species-galapagos-tortoise.html
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Galapagos Giant Tortoise - AnimalCorner
The Galapagos Giant Tortoise is probably the best well known animal of the Galapagos Isles. Galapagos Giant Tortoises keep growing until they are about 40 - 50 years old and can reach a weight of 500 pounds.
https://animalcorner.co.uk/animals/galapagos-giant-tortoise/
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The Endangered Galapagos Giant Tortoise
The Endangered Galapagos Giant Tortoise, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
https://www.discovergalapagos.com/tortoise.html
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Galapagos Tortoise - San Diego Zoo Animals
Galapagos tortoises are the giants of the tortoise world. Males can weigh more than 500 pounds, and females average about 250 pounds.
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/galapagos-tortoise
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Giant Tortoises - Galapagos Conservancy
The giant tortoises of Galapagos are among the most famous of the unique fauna of the Islands. While giant tortoises once thrived on most of the continents of the world, the Galapagos tortoises now represent one of the remaining two groups of giant tortoises in the entire world - the other group living on Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean.
http://www.galapagos.org/about_galapagos/about-galapagos/biodiversity/tortoises/
