Species details
Accepted scientific name:
Pelochelys bibroni OWEN 1853 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Pelochelys bibroni OWEN 1853
Synonyms:
Pelochelys cumingii GRAY 1864 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Pelochelys cumingii GRAY 1864
Pelochelys poliakowii BOULENGER 1891 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pelochelys poliakowii BOULENGER 1891
Pelochelys poljakowii STRAUCH 1890 (synonym)
Trionyx (gymnopus) bibroni OWEN 1853 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Trionyx (gymnopus) bibroni OWEN 1853
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Asian or Bibron’s Giant soft-shelled Turtle - -
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Trionychidae
Genus Pelochelys
Distribution: S New Guinea Terra typica: "Australia" (probably in error fide KING & BURKE 1989). Restricted to Laloki River, Astrolabe Range, 65 km from its entry into Redscar bay, Central District, Papua New Guinea, by WEBB 1995.
Additional data: Type: BMNH (holotype), "Malacca" (= Melaka, 02º 12'N; 102º 15'E; in West Malaysia). Types no longer in existence. Neotypes: AMS 3425, AMS 3426, AMS 131315 (designated by WEBB 1995) Webb (1995) claimed the name P. cantorii Gray, 1864 for the populations further west of the range of P bibronii. A neotype designation restricts the name P. bibroni to the distinctive population in southern New Guinea, geographically the closest to the alleged original type locality. All other populations of Pelochelys, including mainland Asiatic forms, are referred to P. cantorii Gray, 1864, by WEBB 1995. Named after Gabriel Bibron (1806-1848), French zoologist.
Source database: TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.,
Online resource: http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Pelochelys&species=bibroni
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e9e9d22a-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:col20110201

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