Name - Aldabrachelys Loveridge & Williams 1957

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:601052 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Aldabrachelys

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Original Description Reference

• Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 115 1957: 163-557. [Zoological Record Volume 94]

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Recent Publications

• A reinterpretation of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812.
• A neotype for the aldabra tortoise, Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812.
• Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira.
• Case 3463. Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 (currently Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) gigantea; Reptilia, Testudines): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by maintenance of a designated neotype, and suppression of Testudo dussumieri Gray, 1831 (currently Dipsochelys dussumieri).
• 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 (currently Dipsochelys dussumieri).

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