Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger 1812)
- Dataset
- A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Schweigger, A. F. (1812) Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Konigsberger Archiv fur Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik, 1, 271 - 368, 406 - 462.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Testudinidae
- genus
- Aldabrachelys
- species
- Aldabrachelys gigantea
materials_examined
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).
materials_examined
Holotype: Not clearly designated; USNM 269962 designated neotype by Frazier (2006: 278), but the original holotype (MNHN 9554, photographed in Bour 2006 d: 16 – 17 and Bour 2013 a: 29; actually a Chelonoidis denticulata, Ceríaco & Bour 2012: 19) was subsequently rediscovered by Bour (2006 d). 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 (2006 d: 21), Bour (2013 a: 30), and Grünewald (2009 b: 137 – 138), and sampled genetically by Austin et al. (2003).