Kingdom Animalia (Animals) ➔ Phylum Chordata (Chordates) ➔ Class Reptilia (Reptiles) ➔ Order Testudines (Turtles) ➔ Family Testudinidae
Chelonoidis niger Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Galápagos-Riesenschildkröte Galápagos Giant Tortoise
Synonyms:
Chelonoidis elephantopus Garrick Et Al., 2012 | Chelonoidis elephantopus elephantopus Obst, 1985 | Chelonoidis nigra David, 1994 | Chelonoidis nigra nigra David, 1994 | Geochelone elephantopus Ernst & Barbour, 1989 | Geochelone elephantopus elephantopus Pritchard, 1967 | Geochelone nigra King & Burke, 1989 | Testudo californiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | Testudo clivosa Garman, 1917 | Testudo elephantopus Harlan, 1827 | Testudo elephantopus elephantopus Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 | Testudo galapagoensis Baur, 1889 | Testudo nigra Duméril & Bibron, 1835 | Testudo planiceps Gray, 1854 | Testudo typica Garman, 1917 |
References:
- Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2017). The Reptile Database (version Dec 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.