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Chelus fimbriatus (Mata mata)
Taxonomy
Testudo fimbriata was named by Schneider (1783). It is extant.
It was recombined as Chelus fimbriata by Duméril (1806) and van Dijk et al. (2014); it was recombined as Chelus fimbriatus by Evers et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Chelus fimbriata by Duméril (1806) and van Dijk et al. (2014); it was recombined as Chelus fimbriatus by Evers et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1783 | Testudo fimbriata Schneider |
| 1806 | Chelus fimbriata Duméril |
| 2014 | Chelus fimbriata van Dijk et al. |
| 2019 | Chelus fimbriatus Evers et al. |
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Chelus fimbriatus Schneider 1783 [Mata mata]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available