Chelonoidis niger porteri (Rothschild 1903:119)

Holotype: BMNH 1949.1.4.38 (bones catalogued separately as BMNH 1974.2464; sampled genetically by Poulakakis et al. 2015).

Testudo nigrita Duméril & Bibron 1835:80

Syntypes (2): MNHN 9313 and BMNH 1949.1.4.37; latter called type by Günther (1875:268), recorded as such in the BMNH catalogue, and hence considered to be the lectotype; see also Olson (2013:206).

Testudo planiceps Gray 1854:12

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.5.3 (formerly 1848.4.6.3).

Chelonoidis niger vandenburghi (DeSola 1930:80)

Holotype: CAS 8141 (Slevin & Leviton 1956:551).

Chelonoidis niger vicina (Günther 1875:277)

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.90 (formerly 1874.7.15.1); illustrated in Garman (1917:Pl. 7).