Chelonoidis niger (Quoy & Gaimard 1824:174)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 50-51

Chelonoidis niger (Quoy & Gaimard 1824:174)

Holotype: MNHN 9550; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 40), and reproduced in Pritchard (1996:23); photographed in Pritchard (1996:23). MNHN 9547 also listed as a “type” in the MNHN catalogue.

Testudo californiana Quoy & Gaimard 1824: 90

Holotype: MNHN 9550 (see Pritchard 1996 and Olson 2013, 2017).

Testudo elephantopus Harlan 1826:284

Syntypes (2): MCZ 11063 ( Garman 1917:292), second cotype presumably in ANSP fide Barbour & Loveridge (1929:350), but not listed by Malnate (1971).

Testudo galapagoensis Baur 1889:1044

Holotype: MCZ 11064 ( Barbour & Loveridge 1929:350; photographed in Olson 2017:250). Olson (2017:250) contended that MCZ 11069 and 11070 should be regarded as syntypes; MCZ 11070 sampled genetically by Poulakakis et al. (2008).