Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei

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: Mesoclemmys
Species: Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei

Name

• Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour, 1973:184) sec. Bour & Zaher 2005
  • Type locality: “les environs d’Asunción au Paraguay”; restricted to “Tobati, La Cordillera, Paraguay” by Bour & Pauler 1987.
  • Holotype: MNHN 1977.50
    • This species is also the type species of the genus Bufocephala a junior synonym of the genus Mesoclemmys (McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar 2001)

Synonyms

• Phrynops schopfii “Fitzinger” Diering (nomen nudum)
• Phrynops paraguayensis “Vanzolini” Donoso-Barros (nomen nudum)
• Phrynops tuberculatus vanderhaegei Bour 1973:184
  • Phrynops vanderhaegei - Pritchard 1979
  • Phrynops (Batrachemys) vanderhaegei Alderton 1988
  • Bufocephala vanderhaegei McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar 2001
  • Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei Bour & Zaher 2005

References

• Bour, R. 1973. Contribution a la connaissance de Phrynops nasutus (Schweigger: 1812) et Phrynops tuberculatus (Luederwaldt: 1926). Description d'une nouvelle sous-espèce originaire du Paraguay, Phrynops tuberculatus vanderhaegei (Testudinata - Pleurodira - Chelidae). Bull. Soc. Zool. France 98: 175–190.
• McCord, W., Joseph-Ouni, M. & Lamar, W. 2001. A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys. Revista de Biología Tropical 49(2): 715–764. PDF Reference page. 
• Bour, R. & Zaher, H. 2005. A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae). Papéis avulsos de zoologia 45(24): 295–311. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492005002400001 Reference page. 
• 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: 329–479. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Vousivka Vanderhaegeova
English: Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle