Platysternon megacephalum

Platysternon megacephalum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

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 Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Family: Platysternidae
Genus: Platysternon
Species: Platysternon megacephalum
Subspecies: P. m. megacephalum – P. m. peguense – P. m. shiui

Name

• Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Gray 1831:107
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.7.42
  • Type Locality: "in China"

References

• Gray, J.E. 1831. Characters of a new genus of freshwater tortoise from China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1831: 106-107
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and 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. 
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7:1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. 

Vernacular names

brezhoneg: Baot penn bras
Deutsch: Großkopfschildkröte
Diné bizaad: Chʼééh digháhii bitsiiʼntsxaaígíí
English: Big-headed Turtle
español: Tortuga cabezona
فارسی: لاک‌پشت سربزرگ
français: Tortue à grosse tête
한국어: 큰머리거북
lietuvių: Didžiagalvis vėžlys
magyar: Nagyfejű teknős
Nederlands: Grootkopschildpad
日本語: オオアタマガメ
polski: Żółw wielkogłowy
پنجابی: وڈا سر کھچوپڑا
русский: Большеголовая черепаха
svenska: Storhuvudsköldpadda
ไทย: เต่าปูลู
Tiếng Việt: Rùa đầu to
українська: Великоголова черепаха
中文: 大頭龜

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