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Chelonoidis niger subsp. duncanensis

Description

Chelonoidis niger duncanensis (Pritchard 1996:47)

Holotype: MCZ 11068 (by lectotype designation by Pritchard 1996 from among the syntypes of Testudo duncanensis Garman 1917).

Testudo duncanensis (Garman 1917:269)

Syntypes (number uncertain): included at least MCZ 11068 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 41); MCZ 11068 designated lectotype by Pritchard (1996:47).

Notes

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Testudinidae
Genus
Chelonoidis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Testudines
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Pritchard
Species
duncanensis
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Chelonoidis niger subsp. duncanensis (Pritchard, 1996) sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Pritchard, P. C. H. (1996) The Galapagos Tortoises; nomenclatural and survival status. Chelonian Research Monographs, 1, 1 - 85.
  • Garman, S. (1917) The Galapagos tortoises. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 30, 261 - 296. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58643