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Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Grandidier, 1867)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Grandidier, A. Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Podocnemididae
genus
Erymnochelys
species
Erymnochelys madagascariensis

Name

Synonyms
Dumerilia madagascariensis Grandidier, 1867
Podocnemis madagascariensis bifilaris Boettger, 1893
Podocnemis madagascariensis var. bifilaris Boettger, 1893
Podocnemis madagascariesis (Grandidier, 1867)
Homonyms
Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Grandidier, 1867)
Common names
Bihara in Malagasy
Madagascan Big-headed Side-necked Turtle in English
Madagascan Big-headed Side-necked Turtle in English
Madagascan Big-headed Turtle in English
Madagascan Big-headed Turtle in English
Madagascar Big-headed Turtle in English
Madagascar Sideneck Turtle in English
Madagaskar-Schienenschildkröte in German
Madagaskar-Schienenschildkröte in German
Madagassische Schienenschildkröte in German
Podocnémide de Madagascar in French
Re-re in Malagasy
Rere in Malagasy
madagaszkári folyamteknős in Hungarian
tereka madagaskarská in Czech
Мадагаскарская щитоногая черепаха in Russian
سلحفاة مدغشقر كبيرة الرأس in Arabic
マダガスカルヨコクビガメ in Japanese
마다가스카르큰머리거북 in Korean
Madagascar Big-headed Turtle in English
Bihara in Malagasy
Madagascar Sideneck Turtle in English
Podocnémide de Madagascar in French
Re-re in Malagasy

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  3. 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.
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