Phrynops hilarii

Phrynops hilarii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Pleurodira
Family:Chelidae
Genus:Phrynops
Species: P. hilarii
Binomial name
Phrynops hilarii
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Platemys hilarii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Hydraspis hilairii [sic]
    Gray, 1844 (ex errore)
  • Hydraspis hilarii
    — Gray, 1856
  • Spatulemys lasalae
    Gray, 1872
  • Hydraspis hilari [sic]
    Koslowsky, 1898 (ex errore)
  • Hydraspis geoffroyanus hilarii
    — Siebenrock, 1905
  • Phrynops hilarii
    — Stejneger, 1909
  • Phrynops geoffroana hilarii
    — L. Müller, 1939
  • Phrynops geoffroanus hilarii
    — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
  • Hydraspis hilairi [sic]
    Pritchard, 1967 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops hilari
    — Goode, 1967

Phrynops hilarii, commonly known as Hilaire’s toadhead turtle or Hilaire’s side-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, hilarii, is in honor of French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.[4]

Geographic range

P. hilarii is found in southern Brazil (Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul), southward and westward into Uruguay and Argentina, and possibly also in Paraguay and Bolivia.

References

  1. ↑ Duméril, André Marie Constant; Bibron, Gabriel (1835). Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris: Roret. 680 pp. (Platemys hilarii, new species, pp. 428-430). (in French).
  2. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 341. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin; Anders G.J. (2012). Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phrynops hilarii, p. 123).

Further reading

  • Boulenger, George Albert (1889). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-III. (Hydraspis hilarii: p. 220, figure 59, three views of skull; p. 221, figure 60, carapace and plastron; p. 222, species description).
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