Chelonoidis dominicensis Albury et al., 2018
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Considered a synonym of C. marcanoi by (Viñola-Lopez & Almonte, 2022).
Conservation Status
Extinct or invalid (synonym)
Distribution
Hispaniola
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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]
Other references:
Kehlmaier, Christian et al. (2021). Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises. Scientific Reports 11: 3224.
Viñola-Lopez, L. W. and Almonte, J. N. (2022). Revision of the fossil land tortoises (Testudines: testudinidae) from Hispaniola with the description of a new species. Novitates Caribaea 20: 11-29. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi20.302