Chelonoidis carbonaria

Chelonoidis carbonaria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Chelonoidis
Species: Chelonoidis carbonarius

Name

• Chelonoidis carbonarius (Spix, 1824)
  • Type locality:
  • Holotype: ZSM, lost; Hoogmoed and Gruber (1983:354), selected as lectotype plate XVI of Spix 1824.

Synonyms

• Testudo carbonaria Spix 1824:22
  • Testudo hercules truncata Gray 1830:3
  • Testudo boiei Wagler 1830:[unpaginated], pl.XIII

References

• Spix, Johann Babtist. 1824. Animalia Nova sive Species Novae Testudinum et Ranarum. Monachii: 53 pp.
• Wagler, J. G. 1830. Descriptiones et Icones Amphibiorum. Tres partes cum XXXVI tabulis. Monachii [München]: J.G. Cottae, Part II, pls. XIII–XXIV
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Red Foot Tortoise
日本語: アカアシガメ
português: Jabuti, Jabuti-piranga

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