Chelus fimbriata

Taxonavigation edit

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: Chelus
Species: Chelus fimbriata

Name edit

Chelus fimbriata Schneider 1783:349

Type locality: Uprouague and Remire Island, French Guiana

Holotype: none set.

Synonyms edit

  • Testudo terrestris Fermin 1765:51 (unavailable name, ICZN 1963) Holotype: none set.
  • Testudo fimbriata Schneider 1783:349 (nomen protectum, ICZN 1963) Holotype: none set.
  • Testudo fimbria Gmelin 1789:1043 (nomen novum) Holotype: none set.
  • Testudo matamata Bruguière 1792:257 Holotype: none set.
  • Testudo bispinosa Ruiz de Xelva in Daudin 1801:94 Holotype: none set.
  • Testudo rapara Gray 1831d:44 (nomen nudum) Holotype: none set.
  • Testudo raparara Gray 1844:44 (nomen nudum) Holotype: none set.
  • Chelys boulengerii Baur 1890:968 (type may be in BMNH)

References edit

Vernacular names edit

čeština: Matamata třásnitá
Deutsch: Fransenschildkröte
English: Mata mata
français: Matamata
日本語: マタマタ
polski: Matamata
português: Matamatá
ไทย: เต่ามาตามาต้า, เต่าใบไม้, เต่าก้อนหินยักษ์
Türkçe: Matamata
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