Phrynops tuberosus

Species of turtle

Phrynops tuberosus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Phrynops
Species:
P. tuberosus
Binomial name
Phrynops tuberosus
(W. Peters, 1870)[1]
Synonyms[2][3][4]
Species synonymy
  • Platemys tuberosa
    W. Peters, 1870
  • Hydraspis tuberosa
    — Gray, 1870
  • Phrynops tuberosa
    — Stejneger, 1909
  • Phrynops geoffroana tuberosa
    L. Müller, 1939
  • Phrynops geoffroanus tuberosus
    — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
  • Phrynops (Phrynops) tuberosus
    — Freiberg, 1981
  • Phrynops geoffroanus tuberculosa [sic]
    Miyata, 1982
    (ex errore)
  • Phrynops tuberosus
    TTWG, 2021

Phrynops tuberosus, commonly known as the Cotinga River toadhead turtle, is a large species of side-necked turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Taxonomy

In the past, Phrynops tuberosus has been considered a subspecies of Phrynops geoffroanus, but since 2021 it is afforded full species status.[4]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Phrynops tuberosus.
  1. ^ Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig (1870). "Über Platemys tuberosa, eine neue Art von Schildkröte aus British-Guiana ". Monatsberichte der Königliche Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870 (Mai): 311-313. (Platemys tuberosa, new species, pp. 311–313 + Plates 1–2). (in German).
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 341. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  3. ^ van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2012). Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
  4. ^ a b Species Phrynops tuberosus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger, George Albert (1889). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-VI. (Hydraspis tuberosa, p. 233).


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Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.
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Side-necked turtle species
Family
Subfamily
Genus
Subgenus
Chelidae
Chelinae
Acanthochelys
 
Chelus
 
Mesoclemmys
 
Phrynops
 
Platemys
 
Ranacephala
 
Rhinemys
 
Chelodininae
Chelodina
Chelodina
Chelydera
Macrochelodina
Elseya
Elseya
Pelocomastes
Hanwarachelys
Elusor
 
Emydura
 
Myuchelys
 
Rheodytes
 
Hydromedusinae
Hydromedusa
 
Pseudemydurinae
Pseudemydura
 
Pelomedusidae
 
Pelomedusa
 
Pelusios
 
Podocnemididae
 
Erymnochelys
 
Peltocephalus
 
Podocnemis
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.
Taxon identifiers
Phrynops tuberosus