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Carettochelys Ramsay, 1886

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Ramsay, E. P. (1886). On a new genus and species of fresh water tortoise from the Fly River, New Guinea. <em>Proc. Linn. Soc., New South Wales.</em> (2) 1 (Part 1): 158-162.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Carettochelyidae
genus
Carettochelys

Name

Synonyms
Carettocchelys Ramsay, 1886
Carretochelys Ramsay, 1886
Homonyms
Carettochelys Ramsay, 1886
Common names
Pig-nosed Turtle in English
pig-nose turtle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
  2. CoL2006
  3. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  6. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, (2) 1
  7. Ramsay, E. P. (1886). On a new genus and species of fresh water tortoise from the Fly River, New Guinea. <em>Proc. Linn. Soc., New South Wales.</em> (2) 1 (Part 1): 158-162.
  8. SN2000, PaleoDB
  9. 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.
  10. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
  11. as per family
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