MCZ Herpetology R-1905

Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1998-02-03

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-1905 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Charles Island giant tortoise; Floreana giant tortoise
Determiner: José Rosado
Nature of ID: sp. based on geog.
Previous Identifications
Geochelone elephantopus nigrita
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998
Testudo nigra
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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  • muse location number: ZR1904

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull and jaw (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: with whole animal
skull-less whole animal (dry) fair in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: carapace, plastron, dessicated skin over limbs
¬ Subsample: skull-less whole animal (dry) fair on loan 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]

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  • housed in OCC 8

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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:
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Floreana Island
  • Georeference:
  • -1.2872610°, -90.428589° (Error radius: 11628m) By: Matt Gage on 2020-08-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1998-02-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-1901; R-1902; R-1903; R-1904; R-1905; R-1906; R-1907; R-1908; R-1909; R-1910; R-1911; R-1912; R-1913; R-1914; R-1915; R-1916; R-1917; R-1918; R-1919; R-1920; R-1921; R-1922; R-1923; R-1924; R-1925 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 000001-004000, pg.77;

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