Genus Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843
- Eretmochelys Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [30].
Type species:
Testudo imbricata Linnaeus, 1766 by original designation (as 'Chelonia imbricata Cuvier'). - Caretta Ritgen, F.A. von 1828. Versuch einer natürlichen Eintheilung der Amphibien. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 14: 245-284 [270] [non Caretta Rafinesque, 1814].
Type species:
Testudo imbricata Linnaeus, 1766 by subsequent designation, see Lindholm, W.A. 1929. Revidiertes Verzeichnis der Gattungen der rezenten Schildkröten nebst Notizen zur Nomencklatur einiger Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 275-295. - Eretmochelis 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] [7] [emend. for Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843].
- Eritmochelys 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] [for Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843].
- Herpysmostes Gistel, J. 1868. Blicke in das Leben der Natur und des Menschen. Leipzig. 144-167 pp. [145].
Type species:
Testudo imbricata Linnaeus, 1766 by monotypy. - Onychochelys Gray, J.E. 1873. Notes on the genera of turtles (Oiacopodes), and especially on their skeletons and skulls. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 395-411 [397].
Type species:
Onychochelys kraussi Gray, 1873 by monotypy. - Erethmochelys Maldonado-Koerdell, M. 1953. Reptiles. In, Beltrán, E. (ed.). Vida Silvestre Recursos Naturales a lo Largo de la Carretera Pan Americana. Mexico : Inst. Mexicano de Recursos Naturales Renovables, A.C. viii, 228 pp. [130] [error for Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843, 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.].
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. [72]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, 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), 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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 08-Mar-2011 | 19-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |