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Higher TaxaTestudinidae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yellow-footed Tortoise
G: Waldschildkröte
Portuguese: Jaboti, Jabuti, Jabuti-Amarelo, Jabuti-Tinga 
SynonymTestudo denticulata LINNAEUS 1766
Testudo tabulata WALBAUM 1782 (nomen illegitimum)
Testudo tabulata SCHOEPFF 1792
Testudo tessellata SCHNEIDER 1792
Testudo tabulata — SONNINI & LATREILLE 1802: 85
Testudo hercules SPIX 1824
Testudo sculpta SPIX 1824
Testudo cagado SPIX 1824
Testudo planata GMELIN 1831 (nomen nudum)
Testudo foveolata SCHINZ 1833 (nomen nudum) ?
Testudo tabulata — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 89 (?)
Testudo tabulata — BELL 1836-1842
Testudo Tabulata — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 220
Testudo tabulata — KOSLOWSKY 1898
Geochelone denticulata — WILLIAMS 1960
Geochelone denticulata — DUELLMAN 1978: 194
Chelonoidis denticulata — OBST 1985
Geochelone denticulata — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 254
Geochelone denticulata — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Chelonoidis denticulata — MCCORD & JOSEPH-OUNI 2004
Geochelone denticulata — MORAVEC & APARICIO 2005
Chelonoidis denticulata — GERLACH (pers. comm.)
Chelonoidis denticulata — LE et al. 2006
Geochelone denticulata — WHITHWORTH & BEIRNE 2011
Chelonoidis denticulata — MCNISH 2011
Chelonoidis denticulatus — OLSON & DAVID 2014
Chelonoidis denticulata — TTWG 2014: 393
Chelonoidis denticulatus — TTWG 2017: 124
Chelonoidis denticulatus — TTWG 2021 
DistributionSE Venezuela, Caribbean lowlands of Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname; Brazil (Amazon Basin, isolated range in E Brazil, Espírito Santo, Pará, Rio de Janeiro), E Ecuador, Colombia, NE Peru (Pasco), N/E Bolivia (Beni), Trinidad, Guadeloupe.

Type locality: in error (see comment)  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: NRM (NHRM) DeGeer collection 21, according to Andersson 1900. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2025 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentTerra typica: "Virginia," U.S.A.; in error. LOFTIN (1965) reports this species from Panama but assumes that it most likely was an escapee from a pet shop. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin denticulatus, finely toothed, serrated / denticulated, furnished with small teeth/projections. (Linnaeus 1766, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
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