Trionyx triunguis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Trionyx
Species: Trionyx triunguis

Name

Trionyx triunguis Forsskål, 1797

Type locality: Nile River

Synonyms

Testudo triunguis Forsskål, 1775
Testudo striata Suckow, partim 1798
Trionyx aegytiacus Geoffroy 1809 (nomen subst. pro Testudo triunguis)
Trionyx niloticus Gray 1831 (nomen subst. pro Testudo triunguis)
Trionyx labiatus Bell 1837
Trionyx mortoni Hallowell 1844
Aspidonectes aspilus Cope 1860
Fordia africana Gray 1869
Trionyx triunguis — Peters 1876
Trionyx triunguis rudolfianus Deraniyagala 1948
Trionyx triunguis — Alderton 1988

References

P. Forsskål: Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Mölleri, Hauniae, 1775, xxxiv + 164 pp.
C.H. Ernst and R.W. Barbour: Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington 1989, ISBN 1-56098-212-8
Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann: The TIGR Reptile Database. Retrieved from http://www.reptile-database.org. Last change or update: 15 Oct 2008.

Vernacular names

čeština: Kožnatka africká
Deutsch: Afrikanische Weichschildkröte, Nil-Weichschildkröte
English: African softshell turtle, Nile Soft-shelled Turtle
Nederlands: Afrikaanse weekschildpad
polski: Żółwiak afrykański

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