Pelodiscus sinensis

Pelodiscus sinensis at Tiergarten Bernburg

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: Pelodiscus
Species: Pelodiscus sinensis

Name

• Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835; Trionyx)
  • Type locality: Manzhouli
  • Syntypes: ZMB 38, 39 extant, and ZMB 37 lost. Lectotype: ZMB 38, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Synonyms

• Testudo rostrata Thunberg 1787:179 (nomen oblitum, ICZN 1991)
• Testudo semimembranacea Hermann 1804:219 (nomen oblitum, ICZN 1963)
• Trionyx (Aspidonectes) sinensis Wiegmann 1835:189 (nomen protectum, ICZN 1991)
  • Trionyx stellatus var. japon Temminck & Schlegel 1835: plates V-VII (in Siebold) invalid vernacular name.
  • Trionyx tuberculatus Cantor 1842:482
  • Tyrse perocellata Gray 1844:48
  • Trionyx perocellatus Gray 1855:65
  • Trionyx schlegeli Brandt 1858:610
  • Trionyx sinensis Strauch 1862:177
  • Landemania irrorata Gray 1869:216
  • Oscaria swinhoei Gray 1873
  • Gymnopus simonii Duméril 1875 (nomen nudum)
  • Yuen leprosus Heude 1880
  • Yuen viridis Heude 1880
  • Yuen pallens Heude 1880
  • Psilognathus laevis Heude 1880:24
  • Temnognathus mordax Heude 1880:26
  • Gomphopelta officinae Heude 1880:27
  • Coelognathus novem-costatus Heude 1880:29
  • Tortisternum novem-costatum Heude 1880:31
  • Ceramopelta latirostris Heude 1880:33
  • Coptopelta septem-costata Heude 1880:35
  • Cinctisternum bicinctum Heude 1880:37
  • Trionyx sinensis Gunther 1888:166
  • Trionyx swinhonis Boulenger 1889 (nom. subst. pro Oscaria swinhoei Gray)
  • Trionyx cartilagineus var. newtoni Ferreira 1897
  • Amyda japonica Stejneger 1907: 515
  • Amyda sinensis Stejneger 1907: 524
  • Amyda schlegelii Stejneger 1907: 526
  • Trionyx sinensis cyphus Vogt 1922 (nomen nudem)
  • Amyda schlegeli haseri Panlow 1932
  • Amyda schlegeli licenti Panlow 1932
  • Trionyx sinensis Alderton 1988
  • Pelodiscus sinensis Cox et al. 1998:135
  • Pelodiscus sinensis TTWG 2014

References

• C.H. Ernst and R.W. Barbour: Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington 1989, ISBN 1-56098-212-8
• Wiegmann, A. F. A., 1834. Nova Acta Acad. Leopold. Carol. Halle 17: 189.
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pelodiscus sinensis. The Reptile Database.
• IUCN: Pelodiscus sinensis  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

čeština: Kožnatka čínská
Deutsch: Chinesische Weichschildkröte
English: Chinese softshell turtle, Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle
magyar: Kínai lágyhéjú teknős
日本語: チュウゴクスッポン, シナスッポン
한국어: 자라
polski: Żółwiak chiński
ไทย: ตะพาบไต้หวัน
中文: 中華鱉

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