Geochelone nigra

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Geochelone nigra

Species Authority:

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Geochelone nigra ssp. abingdoni

Common Name/s:

English	–	Galapagos Giant Tortoise
French	–	Tortue Éléphantine, Tortue Géante Des Galapagos
Spanish	–	Tortuga Gigante De Las Galápagos

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A2c, B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

History:

1994	–	Vulnerable (IUCN)
1990	–	Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Vulnerable
1986	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Endangered

Countries:	Native: Ecuador (Galápagos)

Countries:

Native:

Ecuador (Galápagos)

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Citation:	Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Geochelone nigra. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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