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title: "Jabuti"
description: "Chelonoidis carbonarius — Répteis. The red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius) is a species of tortoise from northern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-footed-tortoise
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jabuti

> Chelonoidis carbonarius — Répteis. The red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius) is a species of tortoise from northern South America.

- Scientific name: *Chelonoidis carbonarius*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `zoo` (Zoo e animais de estimação)
- iNaturalist observations: 6582
- Wikidata: [Q277794](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277794)
- iNaturalist taxon: [539039](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/539039)

## Names

- en: Red-footed Tortoise
- de: Köhlerschildkröte
- es: Morrocoy Sabanero
- fr: Tortue charbonnière
- it: Chelonoidis carbonaria
- nl: Kolenbranderschildpad
- pt: Jabuti
- pl: Żabuti czarny

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1455), BR (1047), BL (332), BO (228), VI (104), GF (91), PA (83), VC (54), VE (48), US (41), BB (40), AI (37)

## Summary

The red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius) is a species of tortoise from northern South America. These medium-sized tortoises generally average 30 cm (12 in) as adults, but can reach over 40 cm (16 in). They have dark-colored (nearly black), “loaf”-shaped carapaces (top shell) with a lighter patch in the middle of each scute (shell segment), and a somewhat lighter-colored plastron (underbelly). They also have dark limbs dotted with brightly-colored scales, from which they get their name, that range from pale yellow to vivid or dark red. Visible differences are noted between red-footed tortoises from varying…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-footed_tortoise

## Photo

![Jabuti](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-footed-tortoise/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253212433

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-footed-tortoise?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).