EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Phrynops tuberculatus


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Austrochelidinae ()
genus...............Phrynops (Toad-headed Turtles)
species..............Phrynops tuberculatus (Tuberculate Toad-headed Turtle)
Original Description
Luederwaldt 1926 : 428, 437, 445
Syntypes
(2 specimens) MZUSP 43; MZUSP 81; MZUSP 43 designated lectotype by Bour and Pauler 1987:9, since MZUSP 81 is apparently lost.
Type Locality
"Villa Nova (Est. da Bahia)" [Brazil]; and "Fortaleza (Ceará)" [Brazil]; "Estado de Ceará" [Brazil] by lectotype designation.
Original name
Rhinemys tuberculata
Common Name
Tuberculate Toad-headed Turtle
Distribution
Eastern Brazil in the Rio São Francisco and adjacent basins
Comments
Subgenus Batrachemys. Reviewed by Bour (1973) and Bour and Pauler (1987). See Comment under Phrynops vanderhaegei.
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