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Clemmys guttata

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Testudo guttata was named by Schneider (1792). It is extant. It is the type species of Clemmys.

It was recombined as Clemmys guttata by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), McDowell (1964), Bickham (1975), Holman and Fritz (2001) and van Dijk et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Emys punctata was named by Schoepff (1792). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Clemmys punctata by Baur (1892); it was synonymized subjectively with Clemmys guttata by Holman and Fritz (2001).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Testudo guttata Schneider
1792Emys punctata Schoepff
1892Clemmys punctata Baur
1902Clemmys guttata Hay p. 449
1930Clemmys guttata Hay p. 94
1964Clemmys guttata McDowell
1975Clemmys guttata Bickham p. 200
2001Clemmys guttata Holman and Fritz p. 323
2014Clemmys guttata van Dijk et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyEmydinaeRafinesque 1815
genusClemmys
speciesguttata(Schneider 1792)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Clemmys guttata Schneider 1792
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Invalid names: Clemmys punctata Schoepff 1792 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available