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Table 2. Diagnostic sites distinguishing Chelonoidis sp. nov. (Cerro Fatal—Santa Cruz), C. chathamensis (San Cristóbal) and C. porteri (Reserva—Santa Cruz).

The position of diagnostic locations is relative to the GenBank record AY956622 for porCF1 from Cerro Fatal. Capital letters (nucleotides): diagnostic sites between Chelonoidis sp. nov. (Cerro Fatal) and C. porteri (Reserva); small letters (nucleotides): diagnostic sites between Chelonoidis sp. nov. (Cerro Fatal) and C. chathamensis (San Cristóbal); bold capital letters (nucleotides): diagnostic sites between Chelonoidis sp. nov. (Cerro Fatal) and both C. porteri (Reserva) and C. chathamensis (San Cristóbal). K = G/T, R = A/G, Y = C/T polymorphisms.

Species	Position of diagnostic sites
	`011222222223333344566`
	`901133666780345817025`
	`750248037895376206552`
Chelonoidis sp. nov.	`CTGACggAATGcACCATGGAA`
C. porteri	`TCAGTggGGCAyGTTKCAAGG`
C. chathamensis	`CTAATaaAACGtACCATGRAA`