MCZ Herpetology R-11068

Chelonoidis duncanensis (Garman in Pritchard, 1996)

Date Collected:

1859-01-04/1898-06-25

South America: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | Duncan Island

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Current Identification
Chelonoidis duncanensis (Garman in Pritchard, 1996)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Duncan Island giant tortoise; Pinzon Giant Tortoise; Pinzon Island giant tortoise
Determiner: systematic card on 2016-05-19
Nature of ID: sp. based on geog.
Previous Identifications
Testudo duncanensis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997
Testudo elephantopus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • muse location number: ZR11068

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole shell (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: plus skull, jaw, cervical vertebrae

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  • housed in OCC 8 | original ledger entry notes: "Clark Univ. Exc."

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Duncan Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Duncan I Galapagos
  • Georeference:
  • -0.6107390°, -90.664862° (Error radius: 5000m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-25 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-25)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1859-01-04 / 1898-06-25
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • New begin and end date from DOB and DOD
  • Collector:
  • George H. C. L. Baur

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-11051; R-11052; R-11053; R-11054; R-11055; R-11056; R-11057; R-11058; R-11059; R-11060; R-11061; R-11062; R-11063; R-11064; R-11065; R-11066; R-11067; R-11068; R-11069; R-11070; R-11071; R-11072; R-11073; R-11074; R-11075 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 008001-014025, pg.123;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-11051 Anolis loysiana to MCZ:Herp:R-...

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