Chelus

Chelus fimbriatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genera: Chelus
Species: C. fimbriata – †C. colombianus – †C. lewisi

Name

Chelus Duméril, 1805

Synonyms

Chelus Duméril 1805:76
- Chelys Oppel 1811:6 (nomen novum)
- Chelyda Rafinesque 1815:75 (nomen novum)
- Matamata Merrem 1820:21 (nomen novum)

References

Duméril, André Marie Constant. 1805 [“1806”]. Zoologie Analytique, ou Méthode Naturelle de Classification des Animaux. Paris: Perronneau, 344 pp. [Published Nov 1805].

Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page.
de Oliveira, G. O. and Romano, P. S. 2007. Histórico dos achados de tartarugas fósseis do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(1):113-133.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fransenschildkröte
English: Mata Mata
日本語: マタマタ属
Nederlands: Matamata
polski: Matamata
português: Mata Mata
ไทย: เต่ามาตามาตา, เต่าใบไม้, เต่าก้อนหินยักษ์

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