Acanthochelys spixii

Acanthochelys spixii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

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 Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genus: Acanthochelys
Species: Acanthochelys spixii

Name

Acanthochelys spixii Duméril & Bibron 1835:409

Type locality: Prov. Rio de Janeiro und Rio San Francisco, Brasilien.

Holotype: ZSM 3003/3

Synonyms

• Emys depressa Spix 1824 (non Emys depressa Merrem 1820)
• Emys depressa Wied 1824
• Platemys Spixii Duméril and Bibron 1835:409 (nom. nov. pro Emys depressa Spix)
  • Hydraspis spixii Gray 1844
  • Hydraspis spixii Gray 1855:69
  • Platemys Spixii Boulenger 1886:424
  • Platemys radiolata spixii Pritchard 1979
  • Platemys spixii Ernst 1983
  • Acanthochelys spixii Iverson 1986
  • Platemys spixii Lehmann 1988
  • Platemys spixii Ernst & Barbour 1989
  • Acanthochelys spixii Cei 1993
  • Acanthochelys spixii TTWG 2014

References

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris: Roret, 680 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page. 
• ZooBank: 065F6875-95F9-4F7A-B9BD-E9EF713D9F12

Vernacular names

čeština: Trnokrčka Spixova
Deutsch: Stachelhals-Plattschildkröte
English: Black spine-neck swamp turtle