Chelus fimbriatus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Anapsida
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Pleurodira
Superfamilia: Chelidoidea
Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelidinae
Genus: Chelus
Species: Chelus fimbriatus

[edit] Name

Chelus fimbriatus Schneider, 1783

Type locality: Uprouague and Remire Island, French Guiana

[edit] 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

[edit] References

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

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