Reptiles · #488 biggest of 1,014

How big is the Galápagos tortoise?

1.5 m

The Galápagos tortoise measures 1.5 m. That's about 18 credit cards lined up end to end.

By the numbers

That's 1.5 meters, or about 4.92 feet.
You'd need about 1.13 of them stacked up to reach the height of an average adult.
Roughly 18 credit cards could line up across it.
Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #488 by size.

How Galápagos tortoise stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.

Galápagos tortoise

1.5 m

Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!

You could line up roughly 1.13 of them along the height of an average person.

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1.8 m

leatherback sea turtle

2 m

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