MCZ Herpetology R-11072

Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Holotype of Testudo typica

Date Collected:

1864-01-01/1864-12-31

Pacific Ocean | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-11072 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Herpetology R-11072

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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: systematic card on 2016-05-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Testudo typica
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Samuel Walton Garmanlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997; Identification Made Date: 1917

Garman 1917, page 285, Holotype of Testudo typica CURRENT ID = Geochelone elephantopus nigrita
Media type: text; Garman 1917 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXX No. IV;

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Shows Publication: Garman 1917 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXX No. IV

  • muse location number: ZR11071

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: bone from spinal ridge; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-02-18   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole shell (dry) fair in collection 1 History (3)
¬ Subsample: whole shell (dry) fair on loan 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16

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  • housed in OCC 8

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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:
  • 1864-01-01 / 1864-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1864-1864
  • Collector:
  • C. F. Weislow

  • None

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;

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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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