Vijayachelys silvatica

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Geoemydinae
Genus: Vijayachelys
Species:Vijayachelys silvatica
Name
[edit]Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson, 1912)
- Holotype: ZSI 17117
- Type locality: "Near Kavalai in the Cochin State Forests, inhabiting dense forest, at an elevation of about 1500 feet above sea level," India.
Synonymy
[edit]- Geoemyda silvatica Henderson 1912: 217
- Geoemyda silvatica Smith 1931:94
- Heosemys silvatica Pritchard 1979
- Geoemyda silvatica Das 1997
- Geoemyda silvatica Obst 2003:17
- Vijayachelys silvatica Praschag et al. 2006
- Geoemyda silvatica Murthy 2010:23
- Vijayachelys silvatica TTWG 2017
References
[edit]- Henderson, J.R. 1912. Preliminary note on a new tortoise from South India. Records of the Indian Museum 7(21): 217–218. BHL
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & 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. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017.
. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- IUCN: Vijayachelys silvatica Henderson, 1912 (Endangered)
- Vijayachelys silvatica at the New Reptile Database
Vernacular names
[edit]Deutsch: Gelbkopf-Erdschildkröte
English: Cane turtle