Feb 5
Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), family Testudinidae, endemic to Madagascar
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
photograph by Quinn Diaz
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Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), family Testudinidae, endemic to Madagascar
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
photograph by Quinn Diaz
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what's the rarest Creature you've encountered? doesn't have to be a frog but any kind of amphibian or perhaps even a non-amphibian
I saw two Astrochelys yniphora specimens in the wild in 2006, while I was in Madagascar on my first trip with my father and a group of other herp enthusiasts. At the time, there were an estimated 800 specimens in the wild. By 2008, the population had dropped to ca 400 individuals, and as of 2018 the species has been considered functionally extinct in the wild, according to Pedrono & Clausen (2018) and the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
I think this is very probably the rarest creature I have seen in the wild. I guess I have seen some animals in zoos that are also extinct in the wild, or close to it, but I think that doesn't really count. I have also collected the only known specimens of quite a number of frog and reptile species, but those species are probably mostly fine in terms of population numbers, just no-one has checked. And I have seen and handled quite a large number of specimens of extinct species at museums, but that's a very different thing, of course.
Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora), family Testudinidae, endemic to Madagascar
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. (Possibly the most endangered species of tortoise in the world.)
photo: Turtle Survival Alliance - Madagascar
Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), family Testudinidae, found in Madagascar
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
photograph by Lance Paden
Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), family Testudinidae, endemic to Madagascar
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
photograph by Chris Leone
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Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), family Testudinidae, Madagascar
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
Most Radiated Tortoises are more patterned than this. This individual's shell patterns have faded with age, likely older than 75 years old. Her name is Ghost.
photograph by Andry Fandresena
Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), family Testudinidae, Madagascar
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
photograph by Turtle Survival Alliance - Madagascar
Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora), family Testudinidae, endemic to Madagascar
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. (Possibly the most endangered species of tortoise in the world.)
photograph by Andry Fandresena