Chelus fimbriata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea
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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genus: Chelus
Species: Chelus fimbriata

Name

Chelus fimbriata Schneider 1783:349

Type locality: Uprouague and Remire Island, French Guiana
Holotype: none set.

Synonymy

Testudo terrestris Fermin 1765:51 (unavailable name, ICZN 1963). Holotype: none set.
Testudo fimbriata Schneider 1783:349 (nomen protectum, ICZN 1963). Holotype: none set.
Testudo fimbria Gmelin 1789:1043 (nomen novum). Holotype: none set.
Testudo matamata Bruguière 1792:257. Holotype: none set.
Testudo bispinosa Ruiz de Xelva in Daudin 1801:94. Holotype: none set.
Testudo rapara Gray 1831d:44 (nomen nudum). Holotype: none set.
Testudo raparara Gray 1844:44 (nomen nudum). Holotype: none set.
Chelys boulengerii Baur 1890:968 (type may be in BMNH).

References

Primary references

Schneider, J.G. 1783. Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Schildkröten, nebst einem Systematischen Verseichnisse der einzelnen Arten. Müller, Leipzig. xlviii + 364 p.

Links

Chelus fimbriata at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 July 2009.
TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page.
ZooBank: E8E9C18A-4725-456F-B1E5-EF2EB76AD8D6

Vernacular names

čeština: Matamata třásnitá
Deutsch: Fransenschildkröte
English: Mata mata
français: Matamata
日本語: マタマタ
polski: Matamata
português: Matamatá
ไทย: เต่ามาตามาต้า
Türkçe: Matamata