Taxonavigation

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Aldabrachelys
Species: Aldabrachelys gigantea
Subspecies: A. g. arnoldi – A. g. daudinii – A. g. gigantea – A. g. hololissa

Name

Aldabrachelys gigantea Schweigger 1812: 327

• Neotype: USNM 269962 (set by Frazer 2006)
• Type locality: Aldabra Atoll

References

• Schweigger, A. F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462. download Google books
• Bour, R. 2006. Identity of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 and rediscovery of the type specimen. Emys 13 (4): 12–23.
• Frazier, J. 2006. A neotype for the Aldabra tortoise, Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812. Herpetological Review 37 (3): 275–280.

• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• ICZN 2013: OPINION 2316 (Case 3463) Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 (currently Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) gigantea; Reptilia, Testudines): usage of the specific name conserved by maintenance of a designated neotype, and suppression of Testudo dussumieri Gray, 1831. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 70(1): 61–65. Abstract only seen Reference page. 

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