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dc.coverage.spatialGalapagosen
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-23T05:57:05Z
dc.date.available2018-07-23T05:57:05Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-15
dc.identifier.citationSexploits of tortoise save Galapagos species. (2016, September 15). Philippine Star, p. A20.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/1055
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Star Printing Co., Inc.en
dc.subjectsexual behaviouren
dc.subjectmalesen
dc.subjectreproductive behaviouren
dc.subjectfreshwater turtlesen
dc.subjectrare speciesen
dc.titleSexploits of tortoise save Galapagos speciesen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleThe Philippine Staren
dc.citation.firstpageA20en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberPS20160915_A20en
local.seafdecaqd.extractDiego, a Galapagos giant tortoise, has fathered an estimated 800 offspring, almost single-handedly rebuilding the species’ population on their native island, Española, the southernmost in the Galapagos Archipelago. “He’s a very sexually active male reproducer. He’s contributed enormously to repopulating the island,” said Washington Tapia, a tortoise preservation specialist at Galapagos National Park. Diego is a Chelonoidis hoodensis, a species found in the wild only on Española. The island is one of the oldest in the Galapagos, the Pacific archipelago made famous by Charles Darwin’s studies of its breathtaking biodiversity. Around 50 years ago, there were only two males and 12 females of Diego’s species alive on Española, and they were too spread out to reproduce.en
local.subject.personalNameTapia, Washington
local.subject.scientificNameChelonoidis hoodensisen
dc.contributor.corporateauthorAgence France-Presse (AFP)en


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