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Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea  (Schweigger, 1812)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 936914

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812
  
    Testudo elephantina Duméril and Bibron, 1835
  
    Testudo dussumieri Gray, 1831
  
    Testudo ponderosa Günther, 1877
  
    Testudo sumeirei Sauzier, 1892
  
    Testudo gouffei Rothschild, 1906
  
    Dipsochelys dussumieri dussumieri (Gray, 1831)
  
  Common Name(s): Aldabra Giant Tortoise [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1868  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Fitzinger, 1826  
                                  FamilyTestudinidae Batsch, 1788 – Tortoises  
                                     GenusAldabrachelys Loveridge and Williams, 1957  
                                        SpeciesAldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger, 1812) – Aldabra Giant Tortoise  
                                           SubspeciesAldabrachelys gigantea gigantea (Schweigger, 1812) – Aldabra Giant Tortoise  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea, Aldabra Giant Tortoise [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, H. Shaffer, R. Bour, and A. Rhodin]  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 5   
  Page(s): 243-328   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Introduced: Mauritius (Aigrettes, Rodrigues, Round), Seychelles (Assumption, Astove, Cerf, Cosmelodo, Cousin, Curieuse, D'Arros, Desroches, Farquhar, Fregate, Moyenne, North, Remire), Tanzania (Zanzibar [Changuu])  
    Additional distribution information: Introduced: Mauritius (Aigrettes, Rodrigues, Round), Seychelles (Assumption, Astove, Cerf, Cosmelodo, Cousin, Curieuse, D'Arros, Desroches, Farquhar, Fregate, Moyenne, North, Remire), Tanzania (Zanzibar [Changuu])  
 

 

    

 
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