New Species of Giant Tortoise Found In The Galapagos
We used to recollect there was just one species of giant tortoise hold out on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos archipelago . But after a thorough hereditary analysis , researchers discovered that the few hundred tortoises inhabit on the east side of the island belong to to a previously unknown mintage entirely freestanding fromChelonoidis porteriliving on the west side . The fresh named eastern Santa Cruz tortoise ( Chelonoidis donfaustoi ) , describe inPLoS Onethis calendar week , brings the full giant Galapagos tortoise tally up to 12 ....