Chelonoidis nigra

Chelonoidis nigra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Stem: Parareptilia Stem: Procolophonomorpha Stem: Procolophonia Stem: Pareiasauroidea Stem: Pareiasauria Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Chelonoidis
Species: Chelonoidis nigra

Name

Chelonoidis niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

• Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.90
• Type Locality: Ecuador – Galapagos: Charles (Floreana)

Synonyms

• Testudo californiana Quoy & Gaimard 1824:90 (nomen oblitum)
  • Testudo nigra Quoy & Gaimard 1824:174 (nomen protectum)
  • Testudo galapagoensis Baur 1889:1044

References

• Quoy, J.R., and J.P. Gaimard. 1824. Zoologie. In: M.L. de Freycinet: Voyage Autour du Monde, Entrepris par le ministére et conformément aux instructions de s. exc. M. le Vicomte du Bouchage, Secrétaire d'etat au Department de la Marine, Exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Paris. iv + 712 pp.
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 reference page 
• [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
ไทย: เต่ายักษ์กาลาปากอส, เต่ากาลาปากอส
Türkçe: Dev galapagos kaplumbağası
中文: 加拉帕戈斯象龜

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