Aldabrachelys gigantea
Creators
Description
Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger 1812:327)
Holotype: Not clearly designated; USNM 269962 designated neotype by Frazier (2006:278), but the original holotype (MNHN 9554, photographed in Bour 2006d:16–17 and Bour 2013a:29; actually a Chelonoidis denticulata, Ceríaco & Bour 2012:19) was subsequently rediscovered by Bour (2006d). However, following lengthy and contentious discussions (e.g., see Cheke 2011), the ICZN (2013) ruled in favor of the neotype designation.
Testudo dussumieri Gray 1831:9
Syntypes (number uncertain): originally in the MNHN; RMNH 3231 (Hoogmoed et al. 2010:17; Frazier & Matyot 2010:29) designated lectotype by Bour (1984:171 and 2006:21); RMNH 3231 photographed in Gerlach (2004:68), Bour (2006d:21), Bour (2013a:30), and Grünewald (2009b:137–138), and sampled genetically by Austin et al. (2003).
Testudo elephantina Duméril & Bibron 1835:110
Syntypes (7): MNHN 1942, 7873, 7874 (illustrated in Bour 1982a:119), 7875, 9314, 9562, and 9565; MNHN 7874 designated lectotype by Rothschild (1915:425) according to Bour (1982a:117, 1985.54); sampled genetically by Austin et al. (2003).
Testudo ponderosa Günther 1977:35
Syntypes (2): BMNH 1947.3.4.94 (formerly 1876.1.4.1; sampled genetically by Austin et al. 2003), and 1947.3.4.89(formerly1864.12.20.27). BMNH 1947.3.4.89 designated lectotype by Bour (1985:54), and discussed by Gerlach & Canning (1998).
Testudo sumeirei Sauzier 1892:398
Holotype: BMNH 1929.1.27.1 (discussed by Gerlach & Canning 1998); sampled genetically by Austin et al. (2003).
Testudo goufféi Rothschild 1906:753
Holotype: BMNH 1949.1.4.66 (sampled genetically by Austin et al. 2003).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Family
- Testudinidae
- Genus
- Aldabrachelys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- BMNH 1949.1
- Order
- Testudines
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Schweigger
- Species
- gigantea
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger, 1812) sec. Iverson, 2022
References
- Schweigger, A. F. (1812) Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Konigsberger Archiv fur Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik, 1, 271 - 368, 406 - 462.
- Frazier, J. (2006) A neotype for the Aldabra tortoise, Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812. Herpetologica Review, 37, 275 - 280.
- Bour, R. (2006 d) Identity of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 and rediscovery of the type specimen. Emys, 13 (4), 12 - 23.
- Bour, R. (2013 a) Actualites chez les tortues des Seychelles. Cheloniens, 29, 27 - 41.
- Ceriaco, L. M. P. & Bour, R. (2012. Schweigger's (1812) chelonian types from the extinct eighteenth century Portuguese " Royal cabinet of natural history of Ajuda ": some contributions for their identification and nomenclatural implications. Zootaxa, 3395, 18 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3395.1.2
- Cheke, A. (2011) Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 (currently Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) gigantea; Reptilia, Testudines). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 68 (4), 294 - 300.
- ICZN [International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature]. (2013 b. 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 Dipsochelysdussumieri). BulletinofZoologicalNomenclature, 70 (1), 61 - 65. https: // doi. org / 10.21805 / bzn. v 70 i 1. a 13
- Hoogmoed, M. S., Gasso Miracle, M. E. & van den Hoek Ostende, L. W. (2010) Type specimens of recent and fossil Testudines and Crocodylia in the collections of the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 84, 1 - 41.
- Frazier, J. & Matyot, P. (2010) On the identity of Monsieur Dussumier's Dutch tortoise and the lectotype of Testudo dussumieri Gray, 1831. Zootaxa, 2665, 29 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2665.1.2
- Gerlach, J. (2004) Giant Tortoises of the Indian Ocean. The genus Dipsochelys inhabiting the Seychelles Islands and the extinct giants of Madagascar and the Mascarenes. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 208 pp.
- Grunewald, F. (2009 b) Museumcollecties. RMNH 3231 (Dipsochelys dussumieri) Gray, 1831. Trionyx, 7, 137 - 142.
- Austin, J. J., Arnold, E. N. & Bour, R. (2003) Was there a second adaptive radiation of giant tortoises in the Indian Ocean? Using mitochondrial DNA to investigate speciation and biogeography of Aldabrachelys (Reptilia, Testudinidae). Molecular Ecology, 12, 1415 - 1424. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 294 X. 2003.01842. x
- Dumeril, A. M. C. & Bibron, G. (1835) Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Tome Second. Roret, Paris, 680 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 45973
- Bour, R. (1982 a) Contribution a la connaisance des tortues terrestres des Seychelles: definition du genre endemique et description d'une espece nouvelle probablement originaire des iles granitiques et au bord de l'extinction. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, 295, 117 - 122.
- Rothschild, W. (1915) On the gigantic land tortoises of the Seychelles and Aldabra-Madagascar group with some notes on certain forms of the Mascarene group. Novitates Zoologicae, 22, 418 - 442.
- Bour, R. (1985) Les tortues terrestres et d'eau douce de Madagascar et des iles voisines. Madagascar Recherches Scientifique, 18, 54 - 80.
- Gerlach, J. & Canning, J. (1998) Taxonomy of Indian Ocean Tortoises (Dipsochelys). Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 3, 3 - 19.