Chersobius

Taxonavigation edit

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: Testudinidae
Genus: Chersobius
Species: C. boulengeri – C. signatus – C. solus

Name edit

  • Chersobius (Fitzinger 1835:112)
    • Type Species: Testudo (Chersobius) signatus Walbaum (= Testudo signata Gmelin, 1789), by subsequent designation by Lindholm (1929:284).

References edit

  • Fitzinger, L.J. 1835. Entwurf einer svstematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode. Ann. Wiener Mus. 1: 103–128.
  • Hofmeyr, M.D. & Branch, W.R. 2018. The padloper’s tortuous path (Chelonia: Testudinidae): Two genera, not one. African Journal of Herpetology 2018:1-14. [1]