Chelonoidis chathamensis (Van Denburgh, 1907)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Van Denburgh, & John. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. I. Preliminary descriptions of four new races of Gigantic Land Tortoises from the Galapagos Islands.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Testudines
- family
- Testudinidae
- genus
- Chelonoidis
- species
- Chelonoidis chathamensis
Name
- Synonyms
- Chelonoidis nigra chathamensis (Van Denburgh, 1907)
- Geochelone elephantopus chathamensis (Van Denburgh, 1907)
- Geochelone nigra chathamensis (Van Denburgh, 1907)
- Testudo chathamensis Van Denburgh, 1907
- Homonyms
- Chelonoidis chathamensis (Van Denburgh, 1907)
- Common names
- Chatham Island Giant Tortoise in English
- Chatham Island giant tortoise in language.
- San Cristobal Giant Tortoise in English
- San Cristobal giant tortoise in English
- San Cristóbal Giant Tortoise in English
- Chatham Island Giant Tortoise in English
- Tortuga Gigante de San Cristóbal in Spanish
Bibliographic References
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.