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Chelonoidis nigra

Known as: Geochelone nigra, Charles Island giant tortoise, Chelonoidis elephantopus 
 
National Institutes of Health

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2017
2017
Identification of Genetically Important Individuals of the Rediscovered Floreana Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis elephantopus) Provides Founders for Species Restoration Program
Species are being lost at an unprecedented rate due to human-driven environmental changes. The cases in which species declared… Expand
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2014
2014
ELEPHANTOPUS SPICATUS: A PLANT WITH HITHERTO UNREPORTED ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC AND ANTINOCICEPTIVE POTENTIAL
Background. Elephantopus spicatus is a plant occasionally observed in the northeastern part of the country. Virtually nothing is… Expand
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2012
2012
Radial-arm-maze behavior of the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria).
The radial-arm maze is an established method for testing an animal's spatial win-shift behavior. Research on mammals, birds, and… Expand
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2010
Highly Cited
2010
Gaze following in the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)
Gaze following refers to the ability of an animal to orient its gaze direction to that of another organism. Such a behavior may… Expand
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2007
2007
Spatial learning and memory in the tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria).
A single tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) was trained in an eight-arm radial maze, with the apparatus and general procedures… Expand
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2005
2005
Giant Galápagos tortoises walk without inverted pendulum mechanical-energy exchange
SUMMARY Animals must perform mechanical work during walking, but most conserve substantial mechanical energy via an inverted… Expand
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Role of urinary and cloacal bladders in chelonian water economy: historical and comparative perspectives.
The Parisian comparative anatomist Claude Perrault, dissecting an Indian giant tortoise in 1676, was the first to observe that… Expand
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1996
1996
Axenic culture of reptilian Blastocystis isolates in monophasic medium and speciation by karyotypic typing
Abstract The growth of axenic reptilian isolates of Blastocystis in Iscove’s modified Dulbecco’s medium (IMDM) was studied and… Expand
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1992
1992
Implicit and Explicit Memory for Verbal Information Presented During Sleep
This study examined implicit memory for words presented during sleep. Ten experimental subjects were presented with word pairs… Expand
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1980
1980
Cutaneous and renal geotrichosis in a giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus).
A case of cutaneous and renal geotrichosis in a giant tortoise, Geochelone elephantopus, at the Zoological Park of Barcelona is… Expand
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