Genus Lepidochelys Fitzinger, 1843
- Lepidochelys Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [30].
Type species:
Thalassochelys olivacea Fitzinger, 1843 by original designation (as 'Thalass. olivacea Fitzinger', =Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1829). - Caouana Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 80 pp. [52] [non Caouana Cocteau, 1838].
Type species:
Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1829 by original designation (one of three included species). - Cephalochelys 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 [408].
Type species:
Cephalochelys oceanica Gray, 1873 by monotypy. - Colpochelys Garman, S. 1880. On certain species of Chelonioidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6: 123-126 [124] [described as subgenus of Thalassochelys Fitzinger, 1835].
Type species:
Thalassochelys (Colpochelys) kempii Garman, 1880 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brongersma, L.D. 1961. Notes upon some sea turtles. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 51: 1-46
- 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. [74]
Distribution
States
Queensland, 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 Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
History of changes
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| 08-Mar-2011 | 19-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |