Dermatemys mawii

Dermatemys mawii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
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
Cladus: Pantestudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira

Superfamilia: Chelydroidea
Familia: Dermatemydidae
Genus: Dermatemys
Species:

Name

  • Dermatemys mawii Gray 1847:55
    • Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.12.
    • Type locality: "South America" (in error); restricted to "Alvarado, Veracruz," Mexico, by Smith and Taylor 1950: 346.

Synonymy

  • Dermatemys mawii Gray 1847:55
    • Emys berardii Duméril and Bibron 1851:11
    • Dermatemys abnormis Cope 1868:120
    • Dermatemys salvinii Gray 1870:50
    • Limnochelone micrura Werner 1901:297
    • Dermatemys mawei Neill and Allen 1959:28 (nomen novum)

References

  • Cope, Edward D. 1868. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton expedition to Equador and the upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:96–140.
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and Bibron, Gabriel. 1851. (Emys areolata, Emys berardii, Cinosternon leucostomum, Cinosternon cruentatum). In: Duméril, A. M. C. and Duméril, A.H.A. Catalogue Méthodique de la Collection des Reptiles (Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris). Paris: Gide and Baudry, 224 pp.
  • Gray, John Edward. 1847. Description of a new genus of Emydae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847(15):55–56.
  • Gray, John Edward. 1870. Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum, 120 pp.
  • Werner, Franz. 1901. Neue Reptilien des Königsberger zoologischen Museums. Zoologischer Anzeiger 24:297–301.
  • IUCN: Dermatemys mawii Gray, 1847 (Critically Endangered)
  • Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 329–479. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • čeština: Dlouhohlávka mexická
  • Deutsch: Tabascoschildkröte
  • English: Central american river turtle
  • español: Tortuga blanca, Tortuga rivereña centroamericana
  • français: Tortue de tabasco
  • 日本語: メキシコカワガメ
  • ไทย: เต่าแม่น้ำอเมริกากลาง, เต่าแม่น้ำมาลาวี