Chelus fimbriata

Chelus fimbriata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Anapsida Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelidinae
Genus: Chelus
Species: Chelus fimbriata

Name

Chelus fimbriata Schneider, 1783

Type locality: Uprouague and Remire Island, French Guiana

Synonyms

• Testudo terrestris Fermin, 1765 (nomen oblitum, non T.T. Forskål, 1775)
• Testudo fimbriata Schneider, 1783
• Testudo fimbria Gmelin, 1789 (nomen subst. pro T. fimbriata Schneider)
• Testudo matamata Bruguière, 1792
• Testudo bi-spinosa Daudin, 1802
• Testudo rapara Gray, 1831 (nomen nudum)
• Chelys Matamata — Duméril & Bibron, 1835
• Testudo raparara Gray, 1844 (nomen nudum)
• Testudo raxarara Gray, 1855 (nomen nudum)
• Chelys fimbriata — Günther, 1882
• Chelys fimbriata — Boulenger, 1889
• Chelus fimbriatus — Mertens, 1934
• Chelus fimbriata — Iverson, 1992
• Chelus fimbriatus — Gorzula & Señaris, 1999

References

• Schneider, J.G. 1783. "Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Schildkröten, nebst einem Systematischen Verseichnisse der einzelnen Arten." Müller, Leipzig. xlviii + 364 p.
• Chelus fimbriata at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 Jule 2009.

Vernacular names

English: Mata mata
日本語: マタマタ
polski: Matamata
português: Matamatá
ไทย: เต่ามาตามาต้า, เต่าใบไม้, เต่าก้อนหินยักษ์
Türkçe: Matamata

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