Podocnemis expansa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelomedusoidea 

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: Pelomedusoidea

Familia: Podocnemididae
Genus: Podocnemis
Species: Podocnemis expansa

Name

  • Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812)
    • Type locality: South America.
    • Holotype: MNHN; lost

Synonymy

  • Emys expansa Schweigger 1812:299
    • Emys amazonica Spix 1824 (considered P. sextuberculata by Baur, 1893)
    • Podocnemis expansa Wagler 1830:135
    • Emys arrau Schinz 1833
    • Podocnemis Expansa Duméril & Bibron 1835:383
    • Podocnemis expansa Frair et al. 1978
    • Podocnemis expansa Gorzula & Señaris 1999
    • Podocnemis expansa TTWG 2014

References

  • Schweigger, A. F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462. download
  • Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris: Roret, 680 pp. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Arrau
português: Tartaruga-da-Amazônia
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