MCZ Herpetology R-11069

Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Date Collected:

1833-08-31/1833-09-10

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-11069 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/1997
Testudo nigra
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • muse location number: ZR11069

Part Condition Disposition Count
carapace and plastron (dry) good in collection 1 History
incomplete skeleton (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skull and misc. postcranial elements
¬ Subsample: incomplete skeleton (dry) good on loan 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male By: Arthur Loveridge
Remarks: original catalogue entry indicates female; Loveridge indicates it is a male on systematic card; plastron is noticeably concave

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  • housed in OCC 7

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

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