MCZ Herpetology R-11070

Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Holotype of Testudo galapagoensis

Date Collected:

1833-08-31/1833-09-10

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

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Current Identification
Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Charles Island giant tortoise; Floreana giant tortoise
Determiner: systematic card on 2016-05-18
Nature of ID: sp. based on geog.
Previous Identifications
Testudo nigra
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997
Testudo galapagoensis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Georg Baur
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997; Identification Made Date: 1889
Geochelone elephantopus nigrita
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Baur 1889, page 1044, Holotype of Testudo galapagoensis TYPE STAT: JRosado, 17Mar2008
Poulakakis et al. 2012, Genetic Voucher of Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Table S1

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) good; cervical and caudal vertebrae aligned on wire in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: includes skull and jaw, girdles and limb bones; housed on turtle shelf
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: bone from spinal ridge; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-02-18   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole shell (dry) good in collection 1 History (4)
Remarks: housed in OCC 7 as of JUL2016 Joe Martinez

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16

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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:
  • Charles Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Charles I Galapagos
  • Georeference:
  • -1.2886000°, -90.431698° (Error radius: 9750m) 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:
  • 1833-08-31 / 1833-09-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • New begin and end from when Downes was on Charles Island.
  • Collector:
  • John Downes

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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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