Chelonoidis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Testudinidae
- Genus
- Chelonoidis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Chelonoidis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chelonoidis
Chelonoidis is a genus of turtles in the tortoise family erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1835. They are found in South America and the Galápagos Islands, and formerly had a wide distribution in the West Indies.
The multiple subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise (C. niger) are among the largest extant terrestrial chelonians. Giant members of the genus, such as Lutz's giant tortoise (C. lutzae) were also present in mainland South America and the West Indies during the Pleistocene, and the latter into the Holocene.
...Chelonoidis in languages:
- Danish
- Sydamerikanske Landskildpadder
- Dutch
- Galapagosreuzenschildpad
- English
- Galápagos Giant Tortoises and Allies
- English
- South American Tortoises
- English
- Elephantine Tortoise
- English
- Charles Island Giant Tortoise
- English
- Floreana Giant Tortoise
- Hebrew
- צב נאוטרופי
- Japanese
- ナンベイリクガメ属
- Portuguese
- Tartaruga-das-galápagos
- Portuguese
- Jabutis e Tartarugas terrestres
- Russian
- Американские сухопутные черепахи
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