Chelonoidis dominicensis Albury et al., 2018
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, West Indies
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the type specimen
Media
References
Albury, Nancy A., Franz, Richard, Rimoli, Renato, Lehman, Phillip and Rosenberger, Alfred L. (2018). Fossil Land Tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Dominican Republic, West Indies, with a Description of a New Species. American Museum Novitates Number 3904: 1-28. [Abstract]
Kehlmaier, Christian et al. (2021). Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises. Scientific Reports 11: 3224.