Batagur

Batagur affinis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

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: Testudinoidea

Familia: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Geoemydinae
Genus: Batagur
Species: B. affinis – B. baska – B. borneoensis – B. dhongoka – B. kachuga – B. trivittata

Name

Batagur Gray, 1855

Synonyms

• Tetraonyx Gray 1830:19 (10:7) (junior homonym)
• Tetronyx Lesson 1832:pl.7 (nomen oblitum)
• Batagur Gray 1856:35
  • Kachuga Gray 1856:35
  • Batagurella Gray 1869:200
  • Dongoka Gray 1869:202
  • Dhongoka Gray 1870:57 (nomen novum)
  • Callagur Gray 1870:53
  • Cantorella Gray 1870:58
  • Cachuga Lydekker 1889:123 (nomen novum)

References

• Praschag, P.; Holloway, R.; Georges, A.; Päckert, M.; Hundsdörfer, A.K.; Fritz, U. 2009: A new subspecies of Batagur affinis (Cantor, 1847), one of the world’s most critically endangered chelonians (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Zootaxa, 2233: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt PDF
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & 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. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Batagur-Flussschildkröte
English: River Terrapin
ไทย: เต่าปากแม่น้ำ

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