Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-12-28

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

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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 on 2016-05-12
Nature of ID: sp. based on geog.
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole shell (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female By: Catalog

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  • CURRENT ID = Geochelone elephantopus galapagoensis; entry in Barbour and Loveridge, 1929: Typical Reptiles and Amphibians. Bull. of the MCZ, Vol. 69, No. 10, reads 'A giant shell figured by Garman on plate 35 of Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 30, 1917 and referred to on page 289.' [Holotype designation appears to be erroneous, this specimen is not noted in any reference as such, JRosado 15JAN2015]; housed in OCC 6

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • 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:
  • Ship Abigail

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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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