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  2. Chelonoidis niger vicina - Wikipedia

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    Chelonoidis niger vicina, commonly known as the Cerro Azul giant tortoise, Iguana Cove tortoise or the Isabela Island giant tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise endemic to Isabela Island in the Galápagos.

  3. Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Isabela is the most recently formed island tortoises inhabit, so its populations have had less time to evolve independently than populations on other islands, but according to some researchers, they are all genetically different and should each be considered as separate subspecies. [63] Floreana Island

  4. Volcán Wolf giant tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The Volcán Wolf giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger becki), also known commonly as the Wolf Volcano giant tortoise [1] and the Cape Berkeley giant tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The subspecies is native to the north side of Ecuador's Isabela Island (formerly Albemarle Island).

  5. List of subspecies of Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Isabela Island by the Sierra Negra volcano, one group in the east and another over the western and southwestern slopes. At least one authority has suggested merging C. n. vicina with C. n. microphyes, C. n. vandenburghi and C. n. guentheri as the southern Isabela tortoise (C. n. vicina), putting morphological differences down to geographic ...

  6. Chelonoidis niger microphyes - Wikipedia

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    The tortoise's range is limited to an area of about 67 km 2 on the south-western slope of Darwin Volcano on the northern part of Isabela Island. There it inhabits deciduous and evergreen forests as well as dry grassland. [3]

  7. Isabela Island (Galápagos) - Wikipedia

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    Isabela Island (Spanish: Isla Isabela) is the largest of the Galápagos Islands, with an area of 4,586 km 2 (1,771 sq mi) and a length of 100 km (62 mi). By itself, it is larger than all the other islands in the chain combined, and it has a little under 2,000 permanent inhabitants. The island straddles the equator.

  8. Alcedo Volcano - Wikipedia

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    Since the islands discovery by man it has come under new pressure, as have other Galapagos tortoises. They were hunted by early sailors to the islands as tortoises provided a food source on subsequent voyages. The introduction of non-native species also affected the habitat of the tortoise and other fauna and flora on Alcedo.

  9. Project Isabela - Wikipedia

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    The Galápagos tortoise, whose protection from extinction impulsed the Project Isabela. The Project Isabela (Spanish: Proyecto Isabela) was an environmental restoration project in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador that took place between 1997 and 2006, [1] initiated by the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park.