Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Chelonoidis carbonarius

  • Author and date of publication

    (Spix, 1824)

  • Preferred Common name

    Red-footed Tortoise

  • Date Identified

    /01/2015

  • Identified By

    Dr Katie Date - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Stage Or Age

    Juvenile

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: muscle, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen D 73491

  • Collected By

    Unknown

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Precise Location

    AQIS / Australian Customs seizure - no data