Taxonavigation

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genus: Platemys
Species: Platemys platycephala
Subspecies: Platemys platycephala platycephala

Name

• Platemys platycephala platycephala (Schneider 1792:261)
  • Type locality: "Ost-Indien" (in error); restricted to "Cayenne, French Guiana" by Ernst 1983
  • Holotype: lost

Synonyms

• Testudo platycephala Schneider 1792:261
  • Testudo planiceps Schneider 1792:pl.7 (senior homonym)
  • Testudo martinella Daudin 1802:377
  • Emys discolor Thunberg in Schweigger 1812:302
  • Emys canaliculata Spix 1824:10
  • Emys carunculata Saint-Hilaire in Cuvier 1829:11 (nomen nudum et dubium)
  • Emys constricta Cuvier in Gray 1830e:17 (nomen nudum)
  • Hydraspis pachyura Boie in Gray 1830e:17 (nomen nudum)
  • Hydraspis constricta Gray 1831:43

References

• Ernst, Carl H. 1984. Geographic variation in the neotropical turtle, Platemys platycephala. Journal of Herpetology 17(4)(1983) [1984]:345–355.
• Schneider, Johann G. 1792. Beschreibung und Abbildung einer neuen Art von Wasserschildkröte nebst Bestimmungen einiger bisher wenig bekannten fremden Arten. Schriften der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 10:259–284.

• 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. 

Vernacular names

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