Rhinoclemmys punctularia

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: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Rhinoclemmydinae
Genus: Rhinoclemmys
Species: Rhinoclemmys punctularia

Name

Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801)
- Original combination: Testudo punctularia
  - Source: Daudin 1801: 249 BHL
- declared as nomen protectum by Rhodin; Carr 2009: 12

Synonyms

Testudo scabra Linnaeus, 1758
- Holotype in UUZM
- Type locality: "Indiis" [restricted to French Guyana, Cayenne by Rhodin; Carr 2009]
- Authority for synonymy Rhodin; Carr 2009: 9
  - declared as nomen oblitum by Rhodin; Carr 2009: 12

References

Daudin, F.M. 1801: Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere, des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris, France: Dufart, 432 pp. BHL
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 198. Reference page.
Rhodin, A.G.J.; Carr, J.L. 2009: A quarter millenium of uses and misuses of the turtle name Testudo scabra: Identification of the type specimens of T. scabra Linnaeus 1758 (= Rhinoclemmys punctularia) and T. scripta Thunberg in Schoepff 1792 (= Trachemys scripta scripta). Zootaxa, 2226: 1–18. Abstract & excerpt PDF

Vernacular names

čeština: Želva plamínková
Deutsch: Guayana-Erdschildkröte
English: Spot-legged turtle
日本語: アシポチヤマガメ
Nederlands: Zuid-Amerikaanse aardschildpad
português: Perema, Aperema
Tiếng Việt: Rùa chân đốm