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Chelonoidis sp. nov. 'Navassa'

Navassa giant tortoise, Navassa tortoise

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Navassa Island

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Auffenberg, W. (196). Notes on West Indian tortoises. Herpeto-logica 23(1): 34-44.

Turtle Extinctions Working Group et al. (2015). Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5: 1-66.

 

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