Vijayachelys silvatica

Vijayachelys silvatica

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: Geoemydinae
Genus: Vijayachelys
Species:Vijayachelys silvatica

Name

Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson, 1912)

• Holotype: ZSI 17117
• Type locality: "Near Kavalai in the Cochin State Forests, inhabiting dense forest, at an elevation of about 1500 feet above sea level," India.

Synonymy

• Geoemyda silvatica Henderson 1912: 217
  • Geoemyda silvatica Smith 1931:94
  • Heosemys silvatica Pritchard 1979
  • Geoemyda silvatica Das 1997
  • Geoemyda silvatica Obst 2003:17
  • Vijayachelys silvatica Praschag et al. 2006
  • Geoemyda silvatica Murthy 2010:23
  • Vijayachelys silvatica TTWG 2017

References

• Henderson, J.R. 1912. Preliminary note on a new tortoise from South India. Records of the Indian Museum 7(21): 217–218. BHL
• 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. 
• IUCN: Vijayachelys silvatica Henderson, 1912 (Endangered)
• Vijayachelys silvatica at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names

čeština: Želva cochinská
Deutsch: Gelbkopf-Erdschildkröte
English: Cane turtle