Chelonoidis nigra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Division: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
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.

Vernacular names

English: Galapagos tortoise
magyar: Galápagosi óriásteknős, elefántteknős
日本語: ガラパゴスゾウガメ
한국어: 갈라파고스땅거북
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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