Genus Dermochelys Blainville, 1816
- Dermochelys Blainville, H.M.D. de 1816. Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 8: 113-124 [start page on volume "105" is a typing error] [119] [page incorrectly given as 111].
Type species:
Testudo coriacea Linnaeus, 1766 by subsequent designation, see Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2, Edn 2, i-xv + pp. 1-406. - Sphargis Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems Amphibien. Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg : Krieger xv 199 pp. [19] [name suppressed in 1956 by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature under Direction 56].
Type species:
Sphargis mercurialis Merrem, 1820 by monotypy. - Coriudo Fleming, J. 1822. Philosophy of Zoology; or a general view of the structure, functions, and classifications of animals. Edinburgh : Hurst Vol. 2 618 pp. [271] [name suppressed in 1956 by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature under Direction 56].
Type species:
Testudo coriacea Linnaeus, 1766 by monotypy. - Siphargis Risso, A. 1827. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris : F.-G. Levrault Vol. 3 xvi, 480 pp., 14 pls. [Date published September 1827] [85] [invalid emend. pro Sphargis Merrem, 1820].
- Scytina Wagler, J.G. 1828. Vorläufige übersicht des Gerüstes seines Systema Amphibiorum. Isis von Oken, Jena 21: 859-861 [861] [replacement name for Sphargis Merrem, 1820].
- Dermochelis Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2, Edn 2, i-xv + pp. 1-406. [14] [ex Lesueur ms; emend. for Dermochelys Blainville, 1816].
- Dermatochelys Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München : Cotta'schen vi 354 pp. [133] [replacement name for Dermochelys Blainville, 1816].
- Chelyra Rafinesque, C.S. 1832. Description of two new genera of soft shell turtles of North America. Atlantic Journal & Friend of Knowledge 1: 64-65 [64].
Type species:
Testudo coriacca [sic] Linnaeus, 1766 by original designation. - Scytena Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 80 pp. [51] [replacement name for Scytina Wagler, 1828].
- Sphragis Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent & Gassmann viii 393 pp. [published between 1846–1848] [347] [invalid emend. for Sphargis Merrem, 1820].
- Seytinia Neave, S.A. 1940. Nomenclator Zoologicus. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. 4 758 pp. [186] [nom. nud.; incorrectly attributed to Wagler, 1828].
- Seytina Romer, A.S. 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles. Chicago : Univ. Chicago Press xxii 772 pp. [511] [incorrectly attributed to Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München : Cotta'schen vi 354 pp.; invalid emend. for Seytinia Neave = Scytina Wagler, 1828].
- Scytine Romer, A.S. 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles. Chicago : Univ. Chicago Press xxii 772 pp. [511] [incorrectly attributed to Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München : Cotta'schen vi 354 pp.; invalid emend. for Scytina Wagler, 1828].
- Dermatochelis Romer, A.S. 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles. Chicago : Univ. Chicago Press xxii 772 pp. [511] [incorrectly attributed to 'Lesueur, 1829'; invalid emend. for Dermatochelys Wagler, 1830].
- Dermotochelys Battersby, J.C. 1959. Reptiles. Zoological Records 93: 1-122 [115] [error for Dermatochelys Wagler, 1830] 1956].
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. [76]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Pan-tropical, extending into temperate regions.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), 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), 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)
Distribution References
History of changes
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