Synonymy

• Testudo gigantea Schweigger 1812: 327 (nomen protectum, ICZN 2013)
  • Testudo indica Schneider 1783 (ex errore), Dekay in Harlin 1827: 292
  • Testudo dussumieri Gray 1831 (nomen dubium)
  • Testudo elephantina Duméril & Bibron 1835: 110
  • Testudo ponderosa Günther 1877: 35
  • Testudo sumeirei Sauzier 1892: 396
  • Testudo gouffei Rothschild 1906: 753
  • Aldabrachelys gigantea Loveridge & Williams 1957: 259
  • Aldabrachelys gigantea Bour 1980
  • Dipsochelys elephantina Bour 1982: 117
  • Megalochelys gigantea Obst 1985
  • Aldabrachelys elephantina Broadley & Howell 1991: 8
  • Geochelone gigantea Zug 2009
  • Aldabrachelys gigantea Balmer et al. 2010
  • Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea TTWG 2014, 2017

Primary references

• Bour, R. 2006. Identity of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 and rediscovery of the type specimen. Emys 13 (4): 12–23.

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris: Roret, 680 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• Frazier, J. 2006. A neotype for the Aldabra tortoise, Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812. Herpetological Review 37 (3): 275–280.

• 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. 

• Schweigger, A. F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462. download Google books

• 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.