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Chelonoidis nigra
Known as:
Geochelone nigra
, Charles Island giant tortoise
, Chelonoidis elephantopus
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Gaze following in the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)
A. Wilkinson
,
Isabella Mandl
,
T. Bugnyar
,
L. Huber
Animal Cognition
2010
Corpus ID: 36181786
Gaze following refers to the ability of an animal to orient its gaze direction to that of another organism. Such a behavior may…
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2010
2010
DNA from the Past Informs Ex Situ Conservation for the Future: An “Extinct” Species of Galápagos Tortoise Identified in Captivity
M. Russello
,
N. Poulakakis
,
+4 authors
A. Caccone
PLoS ONE
2010
Corpus ID: 3773509
Background Although not unusual to find captive relicts of species lost in the wild, rarely are presumed extinct species…
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2010
2010
Red- and yellow-footed tortoises, Chelonoidis carbonaria and C. denticulata (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae), in South American savannahs and forests: do their phylogeographies reflect distinct…
Mario Vargas‐Ramírez
,
J. Maran
,
U. Fritz
Organisms Diversity & Evolution
2010
Corpus ID: 28894541
Using sequence data of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, we investigated phylogeographic differentiation of the Amazonian…
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2007
2007
Spatial learning and memory in the tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria).
A. Wilkinson
,
Hui-Minn Chan
,
G. Hall
Journal of Comparative Psychology
2007
Corpus ID: 16114848
A single tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) was trained in an eight-arm radial maze, with the apparatus and general procedures…
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2005
2005
Giant Galápagos tortoises walk without inverted pendulum mechanical-energy exchange
P. A. Zani
,
J. Gottschall
,
R. Kram
Journal of Experimental Biology
2005
Corpus ID: 23502617
SUMMARY Animals must perform mechanical work during walking, but most conserve substantial mechanical energy via an inverted…
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Role of urinary and cloacal bladders in chelonian water economy: historical and comparative perspectives.
C. Jørgensen
Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical…
1998
Corpus ID: 38746691
The Parisian comparative anatomist Claude Perrault, dissecting an Indian giant tortoise in 1676, was the first to observe that…
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1996
1996
Axenic culture of reptilian Blastocystis isolates in monophasic medium and speciation by karyotypic typing
M. Singh
,
L. Ho
,
+4 authors
E. Yap
Parasitology Research
1996
Corpus ID: 12527039
Abstract The growth of axenic reptilian isolates of Blastocystis in Iscove’s modified Dulbecco’s medium (IMDM) was studied and…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Implicit and Explicit Memory for Verbal Information Presented during Sleep
J. Wood
,
R. Bootzin
,
J. Kihlstrom
,
D. Schacter
1992
Corpus ID: 6840531
This study examined implicit memory for words presented during sleep. Ten experimental subjects were presented with word pairs…
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Review
1986
Review
1986
Holocene vertebrate fossils from Isla Floreana, Galápagos
D. Steadman
1986
Corpus ID: 129836489
Steadman, David W. Holocene Vertebrate Fossils from Isla Floreana, Galapagos. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 413…
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1980
1980
Cutaneous and renal geotrichosis in a giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus).
J. M. Ruiz
,
E. Arteaga
,
J. Martinez
,
E. Rubio
,
J. M. Torres
Sabouraudia
1980
Corpus ID: 29732588
A case of cutaneous and renal geotrichosis in a giant tortoise, Geochelone elephantopus, at the Zoological Park of Barcelona is…
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