Global InformationChelonoidis niger vandenburghi information
| Chelonoidis niger vandenburghi | |
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| Chelonoidis vandenburghi | |
Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Chelonoidis |
| Species: | C. niger
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| Subspecies: | C. n. vandenburghi
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| Trinomial name | |
| Chelonoidis niger vandenburghi (De Sola, 1930)
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Chelonoidis niger vandenburghi, also known as the Volcán Alcedo giant tortoise, the Alcedo Volcano giant tortoise or the Alcedo giant tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise endemic to the Galápagos archipelago in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean. The specific epithet vandenburghi honours American herpetologist John Van Denburgh.[3]
- ^ Cayot, L.J., Gibbs, J.P., Tapia, W. & Caccone, A. (2018). "Volcán Alcedo Giant Tortoise". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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