Dermatemys mawii

Dermatemys mawii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira

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: Chelydroidea
Familia: Dermatemydidae
Genus: Dermatemys
Species: Dermatemys mawii

Name

• Dermatemys mawii Gray 1847:55
  • Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.12.
  • Type locality: "South America" (in error); restricted to "Alvarado, Veracruz," Mexico, by Smith and Taylor 1950: 346.

Synonymy

• Dermatemys mawii Gray 1847:55
  • Emys berardii Duméril and Bibron 1851:11
  • Dermatemys abnormis Cope 1868:120
  • Dermatemys salvinii Gray 1870:50
  • Limnochelone micrura Werner 1901:297
  • Dermatemys mawei Neill and Allen 1959:28 (nomen novum)

References

• Cope, Edward D. 1868. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton expedition to Equador and the upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:96–140.
• Duméril, A. M. C. and Bibron, Gabriel. 1851. (Emys areolata, Emys berardii, Cinosternon leucostomum, Cinosternon cruentatum). In: Duméril, A. M. C. and Duméril, A.H.A. Catalogue Méthodique de la Collection des Reptiles (Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris). Paris: Gide and Baudry, 224 pp.
• Gray, John Edward. 1847. Description of a new genus of Emydae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847(15):55–56.
• Gray, John Edward. 1870. Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum, 120 pp.
• Werner, Franz. 1901. Neue Reptilien des Königsberger zoologischen Museums. Zoologischer Anzeiger 24:297–301.
• IUCN: Dermatemys mawii Gray, 1847 (Critically Endangered)
• 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: 329–479. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Dlouhohlávka mexická
Deutsch: Tabascoschildkröte
English: Central american river turtle
español: Tortuga blanca, Tortuga rivereña centroamericana
français: Tortue de tabasco
日本語: メキシコカワガメ
ไทย: เต่าแม่น้ำอเมริกากลาง, เต่าแม่น้ำมาลาวี