Description: English: Lonesome George, the last surviving Pinta giant tortoise, (Geochelone nigra abingdoni) on Santa Cruz. He died on June 24, 2012. Date: 16 August 2007, 16:34:13. Source: originally posted to Flickr as Lonesome George Pinta giant tortoise Santa Cruz. Author: putneymark. Permission(Reusing this file): : This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 16 April 2008, 23:14 by Snowmanradio. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated.. Other versions: .
Description: English: Location taken: Charles Darwin Research Center, Galapagos. Names: Geochelone elephantophus, Colibrí de Eloísa, Galapagos Giant Tortoise, Hommelkolibrie, Rosenkehlelf Classification: Animalia > Chordata > Chelonia > Casichelydia > Testudinidae > Geochelone > Geochelone elephantophus. Date: 18 February 2005. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.
Description: English: Eggs of Galapagos Tortoises. From left to right these eggs are from: Albermarle Island, Barrington Island, Duncan Island, Indefatigable Island. Date: 1914. Source: Van Denburgh, John (1914). "The gigantic land tortoises of the Galapagos archipelago". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4 2 (1): 203–374. Author: John Van Denburgh.