#PINTA ISLAND TORTOISE SOFTWARE#

It has an area of 60 kilometre squared and a maximum altitude of 777 metres. Pinta got its name from one of the caravels of Columbus. The subspecies was described by Albert Günther in 1877 after specimens arrived in London. This individual, known as Lonesome George, died in 2012. Pinta Island (also known as Abington Island) is an island located in the Galapagos Islands group, Ecuador. The Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, Abingdon Island tortoise, or Abingdon Island giant. The Pinta Island tortoise, also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, Abingdon Island tortoise, or Abingdon Island giant tortoise, was a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise native to Ecuadors Pinta Island. Please contact or at Short titleĪ Pinta Island Giant Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni). Today, all of the 13 remaining giant tortoise species in the islands.

Reproduction prohibited without prior written consent. This led to the extinction of at least one species, the Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii). The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. (The Spanish word for tortoise is galápago. After the death of Lonesome George in 2012, the last Pinta island tortoise, twelve living species are thought to remain in Galapagos across ten islands.

#PINTA ISLAND TORTOISE SOFTWARE#

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. The giant tortoise arrived in Galapagos from mainland South America 2-3 million years ago, where they underwent diversification into 14 species, differing in their morphology and distribution.