Galapagos Tortoise Newborn (Geochelone nigra) - Florida

Eggs Laid late fall 1999 and Spring 2000.

Hatches Spring and Summer 2000.

Newborn Galapagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra)

Newly hatched young Galapagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra)

Ventral vies of newborn Galapagos Tortoise (Geochelone nigra) showing unabsorbed yolk sac.

Ventral side of newly hatched Galapagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra). Notice the unabsorbed yolk sack.

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