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Map of the Galápagos Islands showing locations of different tortoise species In 2015, the small, eastern Cerro Fatal population of the island was described as a distinct subspecies, C. n. donfaustoi , most closely related to chathamensis (and forming a clade with it plus abingdoni and hoodensis ), while the main southwestern porteri population ...
English: Map of giant tortoise distribution in the Galápagos islands. Date: 20 December 2023: ... Santa Fe Island tortoise; Western Santa Cruz tortoise; Global file ...
A colonization from the island of Santiago apparently gave rise to the Volcan Wolf subspecies (C. n. becki) while the four southern populations are believed to be descended from a second colonization from the more southerly island of Santa Cruz. [17] Tortoises from Santa Cruz are thought to have first colonized the Sierra Negra volcano, which ...
Chelonoidis niger donfaustoi, known as the eastern Santa Cruz tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise living on Santa Cruz Island, within the Galápagos. Until 2015, C. n. donfaustoi was considered conspecific with the western Santa Cruz tortoise , C. n. porteri .
Eastern Santa Cruz Island tortoise. Conservation status Critically Endangered [24] Poulakakis et al., 2015 [25] MtDNA evidence shows that there are actually three genetically distinct populations on Santa Cruz Island. They are characterised by a black, oval carapace (to 130 cm) that is domed, higher in the centre than in the front, and broad ...
Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, [1] as well as two extant species with multiple subspecies formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands. [2] A Galápagos giant tortoise on Santa Cruz Island
The island's original Spanish name was San Clemente Island [2] (Isla or Ysla San Clemente) [3] in honor of St. Clement.This was changed to Bolivia Island (Isla Bolivia) in honor of the South American revolutionary hero Simón Bolívar upon the islands' annexation by Ecuador in 1832 [citation needed] and then to Santa Cruz ([ˈsanta ˈkɾus], "Holy Cross") in reference to the cross upon which ...
After a short display at the museum, it was expected that Lonesome George's taxidermy would be returned to the Galápagos and displayed at the Galapagos National Park headquarters on Santa Cruz Island for future generations to see. [27] However, a dispute broke out between an Ecuadorean ministry and the Galápagos Islands.