Genus Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802
Type species:
Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp.- Chelonia Brongniart, A. 1800. Essai d'une classification naturelle des Reptiles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 2: 89-91 [89] [nom. nud., vide Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1953. A Coloured Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 2. Tetrapod Reptilia. Colombo : Govt. Press vii 101 pp.; for full discussion on the first available use of the name Chelonia see Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 1044 pp. (259–260)].
Type species:
Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp.Secondary source:
Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1953. A Coloured Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 2. Tetrapod Reptilia. Colombo : Govt. Press vii 101 pp.; Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 1044 pp. - Chelone Brongniart, A. 1805. Essai d'une classification naturelle des Reptiles. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, St. Petersburg, Mémoires des Savans Étrangers 1: 587-637 [publication date established from Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. 1977. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien; Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynchocephalia. Das Tierreich 100: i–xxvii, 1–174 but Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 1044 pp. cite 1806 as publication date] [610] [emend. for Chelonia Brongniart, 1800].
Type species:
Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. - Chelona Burmeister, H.K. 1807. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen entworfen von Herman Burmeister. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin viii xxvi xxi 858 pp. [731] [emend. for Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802].
- Chelonias Rafinesque, C.S. 1814. Prodromo di erpetologia siciliana. In: Specchio della Scienze, o Giornale enciclopedico di Sicilia. Deposito letterario delle moderne cognizioni, scoperte et osservazioni sopra le scienze ed arti. Palermo, Vol. 2, 196 pp. 65-67, 102-104 pp. [66] [emend. for Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802].
- Mydas Cocteau, J.T. 1838. Reptiles de l'île de Cuba. In Sagra, R. de la Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'île de Cuba. Paris : de Arthus Bertrand. [19-20] [described as subgenus of Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802; non Mydas Fabricius, 1794; non Mydas Bonaparte, 1831].
Type species:
Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation. - Mydasea Gervais, P. 1843. Chélonée. pp. 455-459 in d'Orbigny, A.C.V.D. (ed.). Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle, résumant et complétant tous les faits présentées par les anciens dictionnaires scientifiques, les ouevres complètes de Buffon, de Lacépède, de Cuvier. Paris : Langlois et Leclerq Vol. 3. [publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. & Palmer, T.S. 1899. Dates of Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 3: 350–352] [457] [described as subgenus of Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802].
Type species:
Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. - Euchelonia Tschudi, J.J. von 1846. Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana auf einer Reise in Peru während der Jahre 1838, 39, 40, 41 und 42. Herpetologie. St Gallen : Scheitlin Zollikofer 80 pp. [publication date established from Peters, J.A. 1951. The proper citation for certain species described by Tschudi. Copeia 1951: 70] [22] [described as subgenus of Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802].
Type species:
Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy (as 'Chelonia midas Schweigger, 1812'). - Megemys Gistel, J. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere schulen bearbeitet. Stuttgart xvi 216 pp., 32 pls. [viii] [nom. nov. for Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802].
Type species:
Testudo macropus Walbaum, 1782 by monotypy.- Midas Herrera, A.L. 1901. Nouvelle nomenclature des êtres organisés et des mineraux. México : Govt. Fed. 88 pp. [68] [nom. nov. for Mydas Cocteau, 1838, suppressed in 1922 by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature under Opinion 72].
- Mydas Cocteau, J.T. 1838. Reptiles de l'île de Cuba. In Sagra, R. de la Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'île de Cuba. Paris : de Arthus Bertrand. [described as subgenus of Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802; non Mydas Fabricius, 1794; non Mydas Bonaparte, 1831].
Type species:
Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 by Linnaean tautonymy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. 1977. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien; Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynchocephalia. Das Tierreich 100: i-xxvii, 1-174
- Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 1044 pp.
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [69]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Pan-tropical, extending into temperate regions.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Other Regions
Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |