Pelochelys bibroni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea

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: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Pelochelys
Species: Pelochelys bibroni

Name

Pelochelys bibroni (Owen, 1853)

• Type locality: "Australia" (probably in error fide KING & BURKE 1989). Restricted to Laloki River, Astrolabe Range, 65 km from its entry into Redscar bay, Central District, Papua New Guinea, by Webb 1995.
• Type: BMNH (holotype), "Malacca" (= Melaka, 02º 12'N 102º 15'E; in West Malaysia). Types no longer in existence. Neotypes: AMS 3425, AMS 3426, AMS 131315 (designated by WEBB 1995)
• Etymology: bibroni: named after the French zoologist and herpetologist Gabriel Bibron.

Synonyms

• Pelochelys cumingii Gray, 1864
• Pelochelys poljakowii Strauch, 1890
• Pelochelys poliakowii Boulenger, 1891: 284
• Pelochelys bibroni Smith, 1930
• Pelochelys bibroni Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 465
• Pelochelys bibroni McCord & Joseph-ouni, 2003

References

• Georges, A. & Thomson, S. (2010). Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF

Links

• IUCN: Pelochelys cantorii (Owen, 1853) (Vulnerable)
• Pelochelys bibroni at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names

čeština: Kožnatka Bibronova
Deutsch: Bibrons Riesen-Weichschildkröte
English: Southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle