Name - Geochelone

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:38447 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Geochelone Fitzinger 1835

• Geochelone Fitzinger 1985

• Geochelone Gray 1872

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Recent Publications

• Historical DNA analysis reveals living descendents of an extinct species of Galapagos tortoise.
• The restoration of giant tortoise and land iguana populations in Galapagos.
• Morphometrics parallel genetics in a newly discovered and endangered taxon of Galapagos tortoise.
• Giant tortoises as ecological engineers: a long-term quasi-experiment in the Galapagos Islands.
• Reinterpretation of the Climatic Adaptation of Giant Fossil Tortoises in North America.

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