Podocnemis unifilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelomedusoidea
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: Pelomedusoidea

Familia: Podocnemididae
Genus: Podocnemis
Species: Podocnemis unifilis

Name

Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848:647 sec. {{Vogt et al. 2013
- Lectotype: ZMB 142
- Type locality: "Rupununi und Takutu" rivers, Guyana.

Synonymy

Emys cayennensis Schweigger 1812:298
Testudo Terekay Humboldt 1819:243 (nomen oblitum sec. Vogt et al. 2013)
- Chelys (Hydraspis) Lata Bell in Gray 1830:17 (nomen oblitum sec. Vogt et al. 2013)
- Emys Terekay Schinz 1833
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel in Schomburgk 1848:647 (nomen protectum ICZN 2019:77)
- Podocnemis tracaya Coutinho 1868:149
- Podocnemis unifilis Siebenrock 1902
- Podocnemis cayennensis David 1994
- Podocnemis unifilis Gorzula & Señaris 1999
- Podocnemis cayennensis Bonin et al. 2006
- Podocnemis cayennensis Bour 2006
- Podocnemis unifilis TTWG 2017
- Podocnemis unifilis TTWG 2021

References

Troschel, F.H. 1848. Amphibien. In: M.R. Schomburgk. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt. Theil 3. Versuch einer Zusammenstellung der Fauna und Flora von British-Guiana. Leipzig, pp. 645-661
Humboldt, A. de [von]. 1819. Voyage aux Régions Équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, par Al. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. Tome Second. 381 pp. N. Maze, Paris.
Gray, J.E. 1830. A synopsis of the species of the Class Reptilia. Pp. 1–110 [page numbers duplicated], in Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. (Eds.), The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier. Vol. 9: The class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., London.
Schinz, H.R. 1833. Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Reptilien. Weidmann’sche Buchhandlung, 120 pp. Leipzig.
Vogt, R.C.; Thomson, S.A., Rhodin, A.G.J.; Pritchard, P.C.H.; Mittermaier, R.A. & Baggi, N. 2013. Case 3587: Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Reptilia,Testudines): proposed precedence over Emys cayennensis Schweigger, 1812. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70 (1): 33-39
ICZN 2019. Opinion 2431 (Case 3587) – Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Reptilia, Testudines): precedence given over Emys cayennensis Schweigger, 1812. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 76:77-78
TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Tereka jednovousá
Deutsch: Terekay-Schienenschildkröte
English: Yellow-spotted river turtle, Yellow-headed sideneck turtle
español: Taricaya
日本語: モンキヨコクビガメ
português: Tracajá

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