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Chelonoidis is a genus of turtles in the tortoise family erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1835. [2] They are found in South America and the Galápagos Islands, and formerly had a wide distribution in the West Indies. The multiple subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise (C. niger) are among the largest extant terrestrial chelonians.
Previously, the Galápagos tortoise was considered to belong to the genus Geochelone, known as 'typical tortoises' or 'terrestrial turtles'. In the 1990s, subgenus Chelonoidis was elevated to generic status based on phylogenetic evidence which grouped the South American members of Geochelone into an independent clade (branch of the tree of life ...
The Pinta Island tortoise [4] (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii [2] [5]), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, [2] Abingdon Island tortoise, [1] or Abingdon Island giant tortoise, [2] is a recently extinct subspecies of Galápagos tortoise native to Ecuador's Pinta Island.
Chelonoidis niger phantasticus (commonly known as the Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise or Narborough Island giant tortoise) is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise that was discovered in 1906 and thought extinct, until a single female was discovered living on Fernandina Island by an expedition in February 2019.
Chelonoidis nigra galapagoensis David, 1994 Chelonoidis niger Olson & David, 2014 The Floreana giant tortoise ( Chelonoidis niger niger ), also known as the Charles Island giant tortoise , is a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise endemic to the Galápagos archipelago in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean .
Chelonoidis 'Santa Fe Island lineage' (undescribed) [50] Santa Fe Island tortoise. Extinct [51] N/A There have been accounts of whalers removing tortoises from Santa Fe Island, and two informants to the 1905-1905 California Academy of Sciences expedition mention locals removing tortoises in 1876 and 1890. These accounts, however, were given 30 ...
The Chaco tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis), also known commonly as the Argentine tortoise, the Patagonian tortoise, or the southern wood tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to South America .
The Hood Island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger hoodensis) [1] is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise endemic to Española Island in the Galápagos. Population history