Chelonoidis

Chelonoidis carbonarius

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: Chelonoidis
Species: †C. alburyorum – C. carbonarius – C. chilensis – †C. cubensis – C. denticulatus – †C. lutzae – †C. marcanoi – †C. monensis – †C. niger – †C. sombrerensis

Name

• Chelonoidis Fitzinger 1835:112
  • Type Species: Chelonoidis boiei Wagler 1830 junior synonym of Chelonoidis carbonarius (Spix, 1824)

Synonyms

• Chelonoidis Fitzinger 1835:112
  • Gopher Gray 1870:706
  • Elephantopus Gray 1874:724 (junior homonym)
  • Pampatestudo Lindholm 1929:285 (nomen novum)
  • Monachelys Williams 1952:547
  • Darwintestudo Antenbrink-Vetter and Vetter 1998:4

References

• Fitzinger, Leopold 1836. Entwurf einer Systematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der Natürlichen methode. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 1(1):103-128 [1835].
• Poulakakis, N., Edwards, D.L., Chiari, Y., et al. 2015. Description of a new Galapagos giant tortoise species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island. PLOS One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138779 PDF
• Pritchard, P.C.H., and P. Trebbau. 1984. The Turtles of Venezuela. SSAR Contributions to Herpetology 2: viii + 402 pp.
• Turvey, S.T., Almonte, J., Hansford, J., Scofield, R.P., Brocca, J.L. & Chapman, S.D. 2017. A new species of extinct Late Quaternary giant tortoise from Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4277(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.1.1 Reference page. 
• 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
• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ナンベイリクガメ属

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