Platysternon megacephalum peguense

Taxonavigation

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: Platysternidae
Genus: Platysternon
Species: Platysternon megacephalum
Subspecies: Platysternon megacephalum peguense

Name

• Platysternon megacephalum peguense Gray 1870:70
  • Holotype:
  • Type locality: Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam

Synonymy

• Platysternon megacephalum peguense Gray 1870:70
  • Platysternon megacephalum peguense Wermuth 1960
  • Platysternon megacephalum vogeli Wermuth 1969 (fide Ernst & Barbour)
  • Platysternon megacephalum peguense Chan-Ard et al. 1999:228
  • Platysternon megacephalum peguense TTWG 2010
  • Platysternon megacephalum peguense TTWG 2014
  • Platysternon megacephalum peguense TTWG 2017

References

• Gray, J.E. 1870. Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Testudinata (Tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London. 120 p., 40 figs.
• Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
• Wermuth, H. 1969. Eine neue Grosskopfschildkrote, Platysternon megacephalum vogeli, n. ssp. D. Aquar.-Terr. Zeitsch. (DATZ) 22 (12): 372-37
• 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. 
• 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.