MCZ Herpetology R-32098

Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Date Collected:

1929-01-16

South America: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | Post Office Cave Bay on Charles Id

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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: José Rosado
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identifications
Geochelone elephantopus galapagoensis
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: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • muse location number: ZR32098
  • previous number: FMNH 13522

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
whole shell (dry) fair in collection 1 History (4)
Remarks: plus 4 marginal scutes
¬ Subsample: whole shell (dry) fair on loan 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female By: systematic card 2022-10-19

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  • housed in OCC 8 | original ledger entry notes: "Exch. Field Mus, Chicago"

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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:
  • Post Office Cave Bay on Charles Id
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Post Office Cave Bay on Charles Id, Galapagos
  • Georeference:
  • -1.2374570°, -90.448521° (Error radius: 2760m) By: Cleo Falvey on 2020-06-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1929-01-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 16/1/1929-16/1/1929
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-32051; R-32052; R-32053; R-32054; R-32055; R-32056; R-32057; R-32058; R-32059; R-32060; R-32061; R-32062; R-32063; R-32064; R-32065; R-32066; R-32067; R-32068; R-32069; R-32070; R-32071; R-32072; R-32073; R-32074; R-32075; R-32076; R-32077; R-32078; R-32079; R-32080; R-32081; R-32082; R-32083; R-32084; R-32085; R-32086; R-32087; R-32088; R-32089; R-32090; R-32091; R-32092; R-32093; R-32094; R-32095; R-32096; R-32097; R-32098; R-32099; R-32100 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 032001-044000, pg.2;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-32051 Leptodeira annulata rhombifera...

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