Biology:Pinzón Island giant tortoise

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Pinzón Island giant tortoise
Geochelone nigra duncanensis (Zoo Praha 2011-01-16) 4088.jpg
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Chelonoidis
Species:
C. niger
Subspecies:
C. n. duncanensis
Trinomial name
Chelonoidis niger duncanensis
(Garman, 1966)[3]
Synonyms
  • Testudo duncanensis Garman, 1917
  • Geochelone nigra duncanensis Garman in Pritchard, 1996

Chelonoidis niger duncanensis, commonly known as the Pinzón Island giant tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise endemic to Pinzón Island in the Galápagos.[1]

Population history

Although relatively undisturbed by whalers, fairly large numbers of tortoises were removed by expeditions in the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th. After the introduction of black rats (Rattus rattus) and brown rats (Rattus norvegicus)[4] some time before 1900, no natural breeding succeeded. Since 1965, eggs have been transported to the Charles Darwin Research Station for hatching and rearing. Over 75% of those released between 1970 and 1990 survived.[5] There are currently around Template:Lsc11amp known individuals, which live in the southwestern side of Pinzón Island.

Description

This saddle-backed species is one of the smallest of the Galápagos tortoises. Its brownish-gray, oblong carapace has only a very shallow cervical indentation, the anterior marginals little to much upturned, and the slightly serrated posterior marginals flared and upturned. The carapace is usually compressed or narrowed anteriorly.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cayot, L.J.; Gibbs, J.P.; Tapia, W.; Caccone, A. (2017). "Chelonoidis duncanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T9021A3149054. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T9021A3149054.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9021/3149054. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  3. ↑ Garman 1917. The Galapagos tortoises. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College., vol. XXX, no. 4
  4. ↑ Rat eradication program begins in Galapagos Islands. Scientific American. (Accessed 2012-01-14.)
  5. ↑ Cayot 1994. Conservation biology of Galápagos reptiles: twenty-five years of successful research and management. In: J. B. Murphy, K. Adler, and J. T. Collins (eds.). Captive Management and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. 297–305. Ithaca, New York: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Contributions to Herpetology. vol. 11. ISBN:0-916984-33-8.
  • Pritchard, 1996 : The Galápagos Tortoises: Nomenclatural and Survival Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, No. 1, p. 50.

Wikidata ☰ Q954787 entry



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