MCZ Herpetology R-11063

Chelonoidis duncanensis (Garman in Pritchard, 1996)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-12-28

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-11063 JSON-LD

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: José Rosado
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Geochelone elephantopus elephantopus
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: ZR11063

Part Condition Disposition Count
carapace and plastron (dry) good in collection 1 History (4)

Attribute Value Determination On
age class juvenile By: Joe Martinez 2015-07-06

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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:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Galapagos
  • Georeference:
  • -0.5383220°, -90.565918° (Error radius: 156965m) By: Matt Gage on 2020-08-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1997-12-28
  • 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:
  • W. Lyman

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-11075 documents cataloged_item R-11063 documents cataloged_item R-11064 documents cataloged_item R-11072 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1929, page 154;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Documents Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-11075 Chelonoidis nigra Holotype Documents Cat...

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;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

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