Platysternon megacephalum shiui

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 Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Family: Platysternidae
Genus: Platysternon
Species: Platysternon megacephalum
Subspecies: Platysternon megacephalum shiui

Name

• Platysternon megacephalum shiui Ernst & McCord 1987
  • Holotype: USNM. male ♂. VIII.1986. legit Oscar Shiu. USNM 266260.
  • Type Locality: vicinity of Langson, Langson Province, Vietnam, 26º50'N, 106º45'E.

Synonymy

• Platysternon megacephalum shiui Ernst and McCord 1987
  • Platysternon megacephalum shiui TTWG 2010
  • Platysternon megacephalum shiui TTWG 2014
  • Platysternon megacephalum shiui TTWG 2017

References

• Ernst, C.H. & McCord, W.P. 1987. Two new turtles from Southeast Asia.. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(3): 624–628. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• 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.