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Testudo
Linnaeus, 1758
(reptile)
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Testudinidae (Family) - tortoises
..Aldabrachelys (Genus)
..Astrochelys (Genus)
..Centrochelys (Genus)
..Chelonoidis (Genus)
..Chersina (Genus)
..‡Cylindraspis (Genus)
..Geochelone (Genus)
..Gopherus (Genus)
..†Hesperotestudo (Genus)
..Homopus (Genus)
..Indotestudo (Genus)
..†Kansuchelys (Genus)
..Kinixys (Genus)
..Malacochersus (Genus)
..Manouria (Genus)
..†Megalochelys (Genus)
..†Oligopherus (Genus)
..Psammobates (Genus)
..Pyxis (Genus)
..†Sinohadrianus (Genus)
..Stigmochelys (Genus)
..†Stylemys (Genus)
..Testudo (Genus)
....Testudo graeca (Species) - spur-thighed tortoise
....Testudo hermanni (Species) - Hermann's tortoise
....Testudo horsfieldii (Species) - Central Asian tortoise
....Testudo kleinmanni (Species) - Egyptian tortoise
....Testudo marginata (Species) - marginated tortoise
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 197.
Gender
Feminine
Ref:
S.L. Olson & N. David, 2014.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
126
(4)
: 393.
Types
Type of
:
Testudinidae
(Family)
Batsch, 1788
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Testudo
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Type
:
Testudo graeca
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Testudo
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Pseudotestudo
(Genus)
Loveridge & Williams, 1957
Ref:
PBDB
: 12 Oct 2018.
Including
:
†
Colossochelys
(Genus)
Falconer & Cautley, 1844
Ref:
B. Gardiner et al., 1989
: 69.
[implicit]
Including
:
Furculachelys
(Genus)
Highfield, 1990
Ref:
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014
: 407.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
echte landschildpadden
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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