Hydromedusa tectifera Cope, 1870
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Cope, E. D. Seventh contribution to the herpetology of tropical America.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Testudines
- family
- Chelidae
- genus
- Hydromedusa
- species
- Hydromedusa tectifera
Name
- Synonyms
- Hydromedusa platanensis Gray, 1873
- Hydromedusa wagleri Günther, 1884
- Platemys antiqua Ameghino, 1882
- Platemys fossilis Ameghino, 1882
- Platemys laevis Ameghino, 1882
- Platemys robusta Ameghino, 1882
- Homonyms
- Hydromedusa tectifera Cope, 1870
- Common names
- Argentine snake-necked turtle in English
- Cágado in Portuguese
- Cágado-Cabeça-de-Cobra in Portuguese
- Cágado-de-Pescoço-Comprido in Portuguese
- South American Snake-necked Turtle in English
- South-American Snake-headed Turtle in English
- South-American snake-headed turtle in English
Bibliographic References
- Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
- Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.