Specimen R 6963.2 Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger, 1812)

• Taxon Name

  Aldabrachelys gigantea

• Author and date of publication

  (Schweigger, 1812)

• Preferred Common name

  Aldabran Giant Tortoise

• Date Identified

  /01/2015

• Identified By

  Dr Katie Date - Museums Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Female

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Spirit, Form: Wet

• Collected By

  Unknown

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Herpetology

• Collecting Areas

  Herpetology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Vertebrata

• Class

  Reptilia

• Subclass

  Anapsida

• Order

  Testudines

• Suborder

  Cryptodira

• Superfamily

  Testudinoidea

• Family

  Testudinidae

• Genus

  Aldabrachelys

• Species Name

  gigantea