MCZ Herpetology R-11074

Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-12-28

Pacific Ocean | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-11074 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: ZR11074

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole shell (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
¬ Subsample: whole shell (dry) good on loan 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]

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  • housed in OCC 8; letters "CP" scratched into second vertebral scute, probably refer to Carapace and Plastron (see original catalogue Nature of Specimen entry), Joe Martinez 07APR2017

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [no verbatim locality data]
  • 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:
  • Old Boston Museum

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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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