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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Chelonoidis niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
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Published in:Quoy, J.R., and J.P. Gaimard. Zoologie. In: M.L. de Freycinet: Voyage Autour du Monde, Entrepris par le ministére et conformément aux instructions de s. exc. M. le Vicomte du Bouchage, Secrétaire d’etat au Department de la Marine, Exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l’Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817-1820.
Synonym Source
Testudo typica Garman, 1917 synonym
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Testudo clivosa Garman, 1917 synonym
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Testudo galapagoensis Baur, 1889 synonym
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Geochelone nigra galapagoensis (Baur, 1889) synonym
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Geochelone elephantopus galapagoensis (Baur, 1889) synonym
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Geochelone elephantopus (Harlan, 1827) synonym
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Originally found in sources as synonym of Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835
Testudo elephantopus Harlan, 1826 synonym
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Published in:Harlan, R. Description of a land tortoise, from the Gallapagos Islands, commonly known as the “Elephant Tortoise”.
Testudo nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 synonym
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Testudo californiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 synonym
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Geochelone nigra nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) synonym
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Geochelone nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) synonym
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Geochelone elephantopus nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) synonym
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Chelonoidis nigra nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) synonym
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Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) synonym
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Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835
Testudo planiceps Gray heterotypic synonym
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Common names Source
Charles Island Giant Tortoise
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Charles Island Giant Tortoise
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Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Floreana Giant Tortoise
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Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Testudinidae
genus
Chelonoidis
species
Chelonoidis niger
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