Chelus fimbriata

Chelus fimbriata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

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

Name

Chelus fimbriata Schneider 1783:349

Type locality: Uprouague and Remire Island, French Guiana

Holotype: none set.

Synonyms

• Testudo terrestris Fermin 1765:51 (unavailable name, ICZN 1963) Holotype: none set.
• Testudo fimbriata Schneider 1783:349 (nomen protectum, ICZN 1963) Holotype: none set.
• Testudo fimbria Gmelin 1789:1043 (nomen novum) Holotype: none set.
• Testudo matamata Bruguière 1792:257 Holotype: none set.
• Testudo bispinosa Ruiz de Xelva in Daudin 1801:94 Holotype: none set.
• Testudo rapara Gray 1831d:44 (nomen nudum) Holotype: none set.
• Testudo raparara Gray 1844:44 (nomen nudum) Holotype: none set.
• Chelys boulengerii Baur 1890:968 (type may be in BMNH)

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 July 2009.
• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page. 
• ZooBank: E8E9C18A-4725-456F-B1E5-EF2EB76AD8D6

Vernacular names

čeština: Matamata třásnitá
Deutsch: Fransenschildkröte
English: Mata mata
français: Matamata
日本語: マタマタ
polski: Matamata
português: Matamatá
ไทย: เต่ามาตามาต้า, เต่าใบไม้, เต่าก้อนหินยักษ์
Türkçe: Matamata

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