Staurotypus triporcatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira 

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
Subordo: Cryptodira

Superfamilia: Chelydroidea
Familia: Kinosternidae
Subfamilia: Staurotypinae
Genus: Staurotypus
Species: Staurotypus triporcatus

Name

  • Staurotypus triporcatus (Wiegmann, 1828)

Holotype: ZMB 127.

Type locality: “Rio Alvarado”, Veracruz, Mexico.

Combinations

  • Terrapene triporcata Wiegmann, 1828: 363 [original combination]
  • Staurotypus triporcatusWagler, 1830: 137 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Giant Musk Turtle
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