Macrochelys temminckii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira
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: Chelydroidea
Familia: Chelydridae
Genus: Macrochelys
Species: Macrochelys temminckii

Name

Macrochelys temminckii (Troost, in Harlan 1835:158)

Synonymy

Testudo planitia Gmelin 1789:1045 (nomen dubium, ICZN 1963)
Chelonura temminckii Troost in Harlan 1835:158 (nomen protectum, ICZN 1963)
- Macrochelys floridana † Hay 1907:847 (Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean), USA, Florida)
- Macrochelys temminckii muscati Hoser 2013 (unavailable name)
- Macrochelys maxhoseri Hoser 2013 (unavailable name)
- Macrochelys apalachicolae Thomas et al. 2014: 151
- Macrochelys apalachicolae Crother et al. 2017
- Macrochelys temminckii TTWG 2017

References

Bour, R. 1987: Type-specimen of the alligator snapper, Macroclemys temminckii (Harlan, 1835). Journal of herpetology, 21: 340–343. DOI: 10.2307/1563980
Gmelin, J. F. 1789. Caroli a Linné, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 13. Tom. I. Pars

III. Leipzig: G.E. Beer, Ed. 13, 1(3):1033–1516.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature [ICZN]. 1963. Opinion 660. Suppression under the plenary powers of seven specific names of turtles (Reptilia, Testudines). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20:187–190.
Troost, G. 1835. (Chelonura temminckii). In: Harlan, R. Genera of North American Reptilia, and a synopsis of the species. In: Harlan, R. Medical and Physical Researches; or Original Memoirs in Medicine, Surgery, Physiology, Geology, Zoology, and Comparative Anatomy. Philadelphia: Bailey, 653 pp. (pp. 157–158).
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.

Vernacular names

čeština: Kajmanka supí
Deutsch: Geierschildkröte
English: Alligator Snapping Turtle
magyar: Keselyűteknős
日本語: ワニガメ
Nederlands: De Alligator bijtschildpad
slovenčina: Kajmanka supia
ไทย: เต่าอัลลิเกเตอร์
中文: 大鱷龜