Platemys platycephala

Platemys platycephala
Status pemuliharaan
	; Kurang membimbangkan (IUCN 2.3)
Pengelasan saintifik
Alam:	Haiwan
Filum:	Kordata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Keluarga:	Chelidae
Subkeluarga:	Chelinae
Genus:	Platemys; Wagler, 1830
Spesies:	P. platycephala
Nama binomial
	Platemys platycephala; Schneider, 1792
Sinonim
	P. p. platycephala (Schneider 1792) Testudo platycephala Schneider 1792:261; Testudo planiceps Schneider 1792:pl.7 (senior homonym); Testudo martinella Daudin 1802:377; Emys discolor Thunberg in Schweigger 1812:302; Emys canaliculata Spix 1824:10; Emys carunculata Saint-Hilaire in Cuvier 1829:11 (nomen nudum et dubium); Emys constricta Cuvier in Gray 1830e:17 (nomen nudum); Hydraspis pachyura Boie in Gray 1830e:17 (nomen nudum); Hydraspis constricta Gray 1831d:43; P. p. melanonota Ernst 1984 Platemys platycephala melanonota Ernst 1984:347;

Platemys platycephala juga dikenali sebagai Kura-kura Kepala Datar atau Kura-kura Kepala Putar yang berasal dari sepanjang utara hinggalah tengah benua Amerika Selatan. P. platycephala adalah satu-satunya spesies dari genus Platemys. Platemys platycephala bermaksud “kura-kura datar, berkepala datar” yang merujuk kepada struktur kepala dan cangkerangnya. Mendiami Hutan hujan Amazon dan menjadikan serangga, amfibia, dan moluska sebagai makanan.

Subspesies

P. p. platycephala (Schneider, 1792)
P. p. melanonota (Ernst, 1984)

Galeri

Rujukan

^ ^a ^b Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.]. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.
^ Schneider, Johann G. 1792. Beschreibung und Abbildung einer neuen Art von Wasserschildkröte nebst Bestimmungen einiger bisher wenig bekannten fremden Arten. Schriften der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 10:259–284.

[ttwg-1] Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.]. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.

[schn1792-2] Schneider, Johann G. 1792. Beschreibung und Abbildung einer neuen Art von Wasserschildkröte nebst Bestimmungen einiger bisher wenig bekannten fremden Arten. Schriften der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 10:259–284.

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