Trionyx triunguis

Trionyx triunguis
Trionyx triunguis

Taxonavigation

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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: Trionyx
Species: Trionyx triunguis

Name

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Trionyx triunguis Forsskål, 1797

Type locality: Nile River

Synonyms

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  • Testudo triunguis Forsskål, 1775
  • Testudo striata Suckow, partim 1798
  • Trionyx aegytiacus Geoffroy 1809 (nomen subst. pro Testudo triunguis)
  • Trionyx niloticus Gray 1831 (nomen subst. pro Testudo triunguis)
  • Trionyx labiatus Bell 1837
  • Trionyx mortoni Hallowell 1844
  • Aspidonectes aspilus Cope 1860
  • Fordia africana Gray 1869
  • Trionyx triunguis — Peters 1876
  • Trionyx triunguis rudolfianus Deraniyagala 1948
  • Trionyx triunguis — Alderton 1988

References

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  • P. Forsskål: Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Mölleri, Hauniae, 1775, xxxiv + 164 pp.
  • C.H. Ernst and R.W. Barbour: Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington 1989, ISBN 1-56098-212-8
  • Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann: The TIGR Reptile Database. Retrieved from http://www.reptile-database.org. Last change or update: 15 Oct 2008.

Vernacular names

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čeština: Kožnatka africká
Deutsch: Afrikanische Weichschildkröte, Nil-Weichschildkröte
English: African softshell turtle, Nile Soft-shelled Turtle
Nederlands: Afrikaanse weekschildpad
polski: Żółwiak afrykański
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