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- Title
More on the status of Testudo nigra Quoy and Gaimard and Testudo nigrita Dum´ eril and Bibron as nomina dubia for Galapagos tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae).
- Authors
Olson, Storrs L.
- Abstract
Additional archival information on the history of the holotype of Testudo nigra (¼T. californiana) confirms that there is probably no possibility of establishing its island of origin within the Galapagos. Both names should be suppressed as nomina dubia, despite the fact that T. nigra was relatively recently resurrected as the species name for all Galapagos tortoises. The status of the name Testudo nigrita as a nomen dubium is here further confirmed by the fact that its lectotype no longer exists.
- Subjects
TESTUDO; GALAPAGOS tortoise; TURTLES; GEOCHELONE; BIOLOGICAL nomenclature
- Publication
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 2015, Vol 128, Issue 4, p204
- ISSN
0006-324X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2988/0006-324X-128.4.204