Chersobius

Chersobius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

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 Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Chersobius
Species: C. boulengeri – C. signatus – C. solus

Name

• Chersobius (Fitzinger 1835:112)
  • Type Species: Testudo (Chersobius) signatus Walbaum (= Testudo signata Gmelin, 1789), by subsequent designation by Lindholm (1929:284).

References

• Fitzinger, L.J. 1835. Entwurf einer svstematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode. Ann. Wiener Mus. 1: 103–128.
• Hofmeyr, M.D. & Branch, W.R. 2018. The padloper’s tortuous path (Chelonia: Testudinidae): Two genera, not one. African Journal of Herpetology 2018:1-14. [1]