Chelonoidis nigra

Chelonoidis nigra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea
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Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Chelonoidis
Species: Chelonoidis nigra
Subspecies: C. n. abingdoni - C. n. becki - C. n. chathamensis - C. n. darwini - C. n. ephippium - C. n. guntheri - C. n. hoodensis - C. n. microphyes - C. n. porteri - C. n. vandenburghi - C. n. vicina

Name

Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy& Gaimard, 1824)

Synonyms

• Testudo nigra
• Testudo elephantopus
• Geochelone nigra
• Geochelone elephantopus
• Chelonoidis elephantopus

References

• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I

Vernacular names

English: Galapagos tortoise
한국어: 갈라파고스땅거북
日本語: ガラパゴスゾウガメ
Português: Tartaruga-gigante-de-Galápagos
Türkçe: Dev galapagos kaplumbağası
中文: 加拉帕戈斯象龜

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