Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan & Sterrer, 2000:54
Bermuda tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Pleistocene (Middle Pleistocene?)
Distribution
Bermuda Island
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Meylan, Peter A. and Sterrer, W. (2000). Hesperotestudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Bermuda, with comments on the phylogenetic position of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128(1): 51-76.
Other references:
Olson, Storrs L., Hearty, P. J. and Pregill, G. K. (2006). Geological constraints on evolution and survival in endemic reptiles on Bermuda. J. Herpetol. 40: 394-398.
Olson, Storrs L. and Meylan, Peter A. (2009). A Second Specimen of the Pleistocene Bermuda Tortoise, Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan and Sterrer. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8(2): 211-212. [Abstract]
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.