Pelochelys cantorii

Pelochelys cantorii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea

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: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Pelochelys
Species: Pelochelys cantorii

Name

Pelochelys cantorii Gray, 1864

• Type: BMNH (holotype), "Malacca" (= Melaka, 02º 12'N; 102º 15'E; in West Malaysia).

• Etymology: named after the Danish physician, zoologist and botanist Theodore Edward Cantor, who first described this species.

Synonyms

• Pelochelys cantoris Boulenger, 1889 (nomen subst. pro P. cantorii)
• Pelochelys cantoris Baur, 1891: 446
• Pelochelys cantori De Rooij, 1915: 331
• Pelochelys cantorii Cox et al., 1998: 136
• Pelochelys cantorii McCord & Joseph-ouni, 2003

References

• IUCN: Pelochelys cantorii Gray, 1864 (Endangered)
• Pelochelys cantorii at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names

čeština: Kožnatka Cantorova
English: Asian giant softshell turtle, Cantor's giant softshell turtle

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