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Testudinidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Testudinidae

Name

Synonyms
Chelonoidis sellowi (Weiss, 1830)
Chelonoidis sombrerensis (Leidy, 1868)
Chelys patagonica Wieland, 1923
Dysmydae
Emys sombrerensis (Leidy, 1868)
Floridemys hurdi Weems & George, 2013
Geochelone annae (Hay, 1923)
Geochelone cultrata (Cope, 1873)
Geochelone equicomes (Hay, 1917)
Geochelone exornata (Lambe, 1906)
Geochelone francisi (Hay, 1923)
Geochelone hayi (Sellards, 1916)
Geochelone klettiana (Cope, 1875)
Geochelone laticaudata (Cope, 1893)
Geochelone luciae (Hay, 1916)
Geochelone ocalana (Hay, 1916)
Geochelone peragrans (Hay, 1906)
Geochelone quadrata (Cope, 1884)
Geochelone sombrerensis (Leidy, 1868)
Geochelone undata (Cope, 1875)
Homonyms
Testudinidae
Common names
Akyekyedie in Akan
Crwban in Welsh
Crwban tir in Welsh
Crùban-coille in Scottish Gaelic
Echte Landschildkröten in German
Jabutis e Tartarugas Terrestres in Portuguese
Kara kaplumbağaları in Turkish
Karakaplumbağasıgiller in Turkish
Khudu in Tswana
Kopnice in Croatian
Kumerkilpkonlased in Estonian
Kura-kura in Indonesian
Kûsî in Kurdish
Landdeckelsmouken in Luxembourgish
Landschildkröte in German
Landschildkröten in German
Landschildpadden in Dutch
Landskildpadder in Danish
Landskilpaaie in Afrikaans
Landskilpaddefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
Landskjaldbøkur in Faroese
Maakilpikonnat in Finnish
Sausumos vėžliai in Lithuanian
Szárazföldi teknősfélék in Hungarian
Teraj testudoj in Esperanto
Testudinidés in French
Testudinidés in French
Testudo in Esperanto
Testudovití in Czech
Testudínidos in Galician
Toirtís in Irish
Tortoise in English
Tortoises in English
Tortoises in English
Tortoises in English
Tortues terrestres in French
Tortuga in Spanish
Tortugas terrestres in Spanish
Tosbağalar in Turkish
Totel in Bislama
khudubane in Tswana
kopenske želve in Slovenian
landskilpadder in Norwegian Bokmål
landsköldpaddor in Swedish
Żółwie lądowe in Polish
želvovití in Czech
želvy suchozemské in Czech
želvy zemní in Czech
Χελώνα in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Сувоземни желки in Macedonian

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  5. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. 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.
  8. 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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