Base de Datos de las Especies de Galápagos

Categoría de taxón: Aceptado

Syn.: Geochenone chathamensis (Van Denburgh, 1914), Testudo chathamensis Van Denburgh, 1907, Chelonoidis nigra chathamensis Van Denburgh, 1907, Testudo elephatopus chathamensis Mertens & Wermuth, 1955, Geochelone elephantopus chathamensis Pritchard, 1967, Chelonoidis chathamensis, Bour, 1980, Geochelone chathamensis, Fritts, 1983; Type specimen in CAS. Le et al. (2006) demonstrate that the genus Geochelone is polyphyletic and that the Galapagos Giant Tortoises are better treated as the monophyletic genus Chelonoidis. According to Márquez et al. (2004) and Poulakakis et al. (2008) the Geochelone taxa (= Chelonoidis) from Galapagos are genetically distinct and therefore treated as species and not as subspecies of Geochelone (= Chelonoidis) nigra.

Origen: Endémica

Categoría en la Lista Roja de la UICN: En peligro

Distribución: Registrado en la Isla San Cristóbal

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