Biology:Phrynops geoffroanus

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Phrynops geoffroanus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Phrynops
Species:
P. geoffroanus
Binomial name
Phrynops geoffroanus
(Schweigger, 1812)[1]
Synonyms
Species Synonymy
  • Emys geoffroana
    Schweigger, 1812
  • Emys depressa
    Merrem, 1820
  • Emys viridis
    Spix, 1824
  • Chelodina geoffroana
    — Fitzinger, 1826
  • Phrynops geoffroanus
    — Wagler, 1830
  • Chelys (Hydraspis) depressa
    — Gray, 1831
  • Chelys (Hydraspis) viridis
    — Gray, 1831
  • Emys geoffroyana
    Gray, 1831
    (ex errore)
  • Hydraspis depressa
    — Gray, 1831
  • Hydraspis viridis
    — Gray, 1831
  • Platemys geoffroana
    — Wagler, 1833
  • Platemys geoffreana
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
    (ex errore)
  • Platemys neuwiedii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Platemys waglerii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Hydraspis (Phrynops) geoffroana
    — Fitzinger, 1835
  • Phrynops geoffroana
    — Fitzinger, 1835
  • Emys geoffroiana
    Temminck & Schlegel, 1835
    (ex errore)
  • Hydraspis wagleri
    — Gray, 1844 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops geoffroyana
    — Gray, 1844
  • Hydraspis geoffroyana
    — Gray, 1856
  • Platemys depressa
    — Strauch, 1862
  • Platemys geoffreyana
    Hensel, 1868 (ex errore)
  • Platemys geoffroyana
    — Hensel, 1868
  • Platemys wagleri
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Rhinemys geoffroana
    — Baur, 1890
  • Hydraspis boulengeri
    Bohls, 1895
  • Phrynops wagleri
    — Stejneger, 1909
  • Hydraspis lutzi
    Ihering, 1926
  • Phrynops geoffroana geoffroana
    — L. Müller, 1939
  • Phrynops geoffrayana
    — E. Williams, 1950
  • Phrynops geoffroanus geoffroanus
    — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
  • Phrynops boulengeri
    — Pritchard, 1979
  • Phrynops lutzi
    — Pritchard, 1979
  • Phrynops (Phrynops) geoffroannus
    Seddon, Georges, Baverstock & McCord, 1997
    (ex errore)
  • Phrynops geoffranus
    Ippi & Flores, 2001 (ex errore)

Phrynops geoffroanus, also commonly known as Geoffroy's side-necked turtle and Geoffroy's toadhead turtle, is a species of large side-necked turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, geoffroanus, is in honor of French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.[2]

Geographic range

P. geoffroanus is found in southwestern Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru, southward and eastward through southwestern Brazil and northern Bolivia to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina , then northward through eastern Brazil.[3] It also occurs in eastern Venezuela,[3] and in adjacent Guyana.[citation needed]

Habitat

The prferred natural habitat of P. geoffroanus is freshwater rivers.[3]

References

  1. Schweigger, Augustus F. (1812). "Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum ". Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271–368, 406–462. (Emys geoffroana, new species, pp. 302-303). (in Latin).
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phrynops geoffroanus, p. 99).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Phrynops geoffroanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

External links

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1899). 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-III. (Hydraspis geoffroyana, pp. 223–224).

Wikidata ☰ Q2507664 entry