Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Geochelone (Chelonoides) chilensis, Testudo chilensis
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1870. Notice of a new Chilian tortoise (Testudo chilensis). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(6):190-190
Belongs to Geochelone according to C. R. Crumly 1982
See also Auffenberg 1971, Auffenberg 1974, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, Gray 1870 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Geochelone (Asterochelys), Geochelone (Chelonoidis), Geochelone (Geochelone), Geochelone carbonaria, Geochelone costaricensis, Geochelone demissa, Geochelone elegans, Geochelone elephantopus, Geochelone gigantea, Geochelone kalganensis, Geochelone laetoliensis, Geochelone nigra, Geochelone oskarkuhni, Geochelone pardalis, Geochelone platynota, Geochelone radiata, Geochelone stromeri, Geochelone sulcata, Geochelone travancorica, Geochelone yniphora
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Geochelone chilensis in the database
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