A neotype for the Aldabra Tortoise, Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812

Herpetological Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-280

  Frazier, J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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ALDABRACHELYS ELEPHANTINA; TESTUDO;

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