Trionyx triunguis

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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: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Trionychoidea
Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Trionyx
Species: Trionyx triunguis

[edit] Name

Trionyx triunguis Forskål, 1797

Type locality: Nile River

[edit] Synonyms

• Testudo triunguis Forskål, 1775
• Testudo striata Suckow, partim 1798
• Trionyx aegytiacus Geoffroy 1809 (nomen subst. pro Testudo triunguis)
• Trionyx niloticus Gray 1831 (nomen subst. pro Testudo triunguis)
• Trionyx labiatus Bell 1837
• Trionyx mortoni Hallowell 1844
• Aspidonectes aspilus Cope 1860
• Fordia africana Gray 1869
• Trionyx triunguis — Peters 1876
• Trionyx triunguis rudolfianus Deraniyagala 1948
• Trionyx triunguis — Alderton 1988

[edit] References

• P. Forskål: Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Mölleri, Hauniae, 1775, xxxiv + 164 pp.
• C.H. Ernst and R.W. Barbour: Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington 1989, ISBN 1-56098-212-8
• Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann: The TIGR Reptile Database. Retrieved from http://www.reptile-database.org. Last change or update: 15 Oct 2008.

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