Chelonoidis chilensis

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: Chelonoidis chilensis
Subspecies: C. c. chilensis – C. c. donosobarrosi – C. c. petersi

Name

Chelonoidis chilensis (Gray, 1870)
- Type locality: Mendoza, “Chile”, Argentina
- Syntypes: BMNH 1947.3.5.8 and 1947.3.5.9 (both formerly BMNH 70.12.18.2)

Synonyms

Testudo (Gopher) chilensis Gray, 1870
- Testudo argentina Sclater 1870 (nomen subst. pro T. chilensis Gray)
- Testudo (Chelonoidis) chilensis Williams, 1952
- Testudo chilensis Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
- Geochelone chilensis Pritchard, 1967
- Geochelone petersi (Freiberg, 1973)
- Chelonoidis chilensis donosobarrosi (Freiberg, 1973)
- Testudo chilensis Kahl et al., 1980: 109
- Chelonoidis chilensis Iverson, 1986
- Chelonoidis petersi McCord & Joseph-Ouni, 2004

References

Gray, J. E. 1870. Note on Testudo chilensis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4)6:428.
Sánchez, J., Holley, J.A., Poljak, S., Bolzán, A.D. & Bravi, C.M. 2017. Phylogenetic and divergence time analysis of the Chelonoidis chilensis complex (Testudines: Testudinidae). Zootaxa 4320(3): 487–504. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.5. Reference page.
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 329–479. PDF. Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Želva chilská
Deutsch: Argentinische Landschildkröte
English: Chaco tortoise
français: Tortue d'Argentine
日本語: チャコリクガメ
português: Jabuti-do-Chaco