Mesoclemmys dahli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

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 Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genus: Mesoclemmys
Species: Mesoclemmys dahli

Name

• Mesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958:376)
  • Type locality: "Vicinity of Sincelejo, Bolivar, Colombia".
  • Holotype: FMNH75980.

Synonyms

• Phrynops (Batrachemys) dahli — Zangerl & Medem 1958:376
• Phrynops (Batrachemys) dahli — Alderton 1988
• Phrynops dahli — Ernst & Barbour 1989
• Batrachemys dahli — McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar 2001
• Batrachemys dahli — McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2002
• Mesoclemmys dahli — Bour & Zaher, 2005

References

• Zangerl, R. & Medem, F. 1958. A new species of chelid turtle, Phrynops (Batrachemys) dahli, from Colombia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 119:375-390.
• Bour, R. & Zaher, H. 2005: A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae). Papéis avulsos de zoologia, 45(24): 295–311. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492005002400001 Reference page. 
• IUCN: Mesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958) (Critically Endangered)
• Mesoclemmys dahli at the New Reptile Database
• 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: Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle
日本語: ダールカエルガメ