Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa

Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Aldabrachelys
Species: Aldabrachelys gigantea
Subspecies: Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa

Name

Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa (Günther, 1877: 21)

Mentions

• Testudo hololissa Günther, 1875: 296 (nomen nudum)
• Testudo elephantina Duméril & Bibron, 1835 (ex errore) — Günther, 1877: 21
• Testudo hololissa Günther, 1877: 39 (part.)
• Testudo gigantea Schweigger 1812 (ex errore) Rothschild, 1897: 407
• Testudo daudinii Duméril & Bibron 1835 (ex errore) Rothschild, 1915: 433
• Dipsochelys elephantina (Duméril & Bibron 1835) — Bour, 1994: 85
• Dipsochelys hololissa Lücker 2000
• Geochelone hololissa Fritz & Havas, 2006
• Dipsochelys hololissa Bonin et al., 2006
• Dipsochelys dussumieri hololissa Rhodin et al., 2010

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1877: The gigantic land tortoises (living and extinct) in the collection of the British Museum. London, 96 pp.

Additional references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris: Roret, 680 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. 2006: Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard. Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Seychelles giant tortoise
português: Tartaruga-gigante-de-Seychelles
ไทย: เต่ายักษ์เซเชลส์

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