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Galápagos Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis nigra (Harlan, 1827)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Chelonia »  family Testudinidae - tortoises

Scientific synonyms

Chelonoidis elephantopus Bour, 1980
Chelonoidis elephantopus elephantopus
Chelonoidis nigra galapagoensis (Baur, 1889)
Chelonoidis nigra nigra (Harlan, 1827)
Geochelone (Chelonoidis) elephantopus Pritchard, 1967
Geochelone elephantopus
Geochelone elephantopus elephantopus
Geochelone nigra
Testudo (Chelonoidis) elephantopus Williams, 1952
Testudo californiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

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Other names

= Cerro Azul Giant Tortoise
= Floreana Giant Tortoise
= Galápagos Tortoise
= Charles Island Giant Tortoise
= Charles Island Tortoise

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IUCN category:Vulnerable

Images

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Author: Jiří Novák

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Author: Petr Baum

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Author: Petr Baum

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Author: Petr Baum

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Author: Petr Baum

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Author: Petr Baum

Chelonoidis nigra - Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Author: Petr Baum
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Intertaxon relationships

food: Hippomane mancinella Linnaeus - Manchineel, Psidium galapageium, Azolla microphylla Kaulf., Tillandsia insularis Mez

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Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [9011] [as Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Reptile Database - Search [genus=Chelonoidis&species=nigra]
Reptile Database - Search [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/]
CZ Moravec J. (2008): České názvy živočichů VII. Plazi (Reptilia) 1. Želvy (Testudines), krokodýli (Crocodylia), haterie (Rhynchocephalia)., Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 39 pp. [as Chelonoidis nigra (Quoy et Gaimard, 1824)]
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