Chelonoidis nigra

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chelonoidis nigra

Species Authority:

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. abingdoni

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. becki

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. chathamensis

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. darwini

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. duncanensis

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. guentheri

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. hoodensis

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. microphyes

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. nigra

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. porteri

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. vandenburghi

See Chelonoidis nigra ssp. vicina

Common Name/s:

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

Synonym/s:

Geochelone nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Testudo nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A2c, B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

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

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Ecuador (Galápagos)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix I.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix I.

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Chelonoidis nigra. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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