File talk:Geochelone carbonaria - Jodensavanne, Suriname.jpg

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This does not appear to be a photo of the reported subject: Geochelone carbonaria, the Red-Footed Tortoise. It appears to be an aquatic turtle specimen, identity unknown. Also please note that the taxonomic name of the Red-Footed Tortoise has been corrected to Chelonoidis carbonarius. See: Olson, Storrs L. and Normand David. 2014. The gender of the tortoise genus Chelonoidis Fitzinger 1835 (Testudines: Testudinidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. January 2014, Vol. 126, No. 4, pp. 393-394.

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