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African Mud Terrapins

Pelomedusidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pelomedusidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Pelomedusidae
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Pelomedusidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, CalPhotos, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, ReptileDB, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gabon Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Liberia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Morocco Species List, Namibia Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Tanzania Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records Germany, and United States Species List
Pelomedusidae Cope 1868
Family recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

? conybearii Owen, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Carteremys Williams 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Duerochelys Fuentes 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paralichelys Bergounioux 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pelomedusidae
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, Animal Diversity Web, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, Hone et al 2013, Wildfinder (WWF), GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Flickr Group, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Anderson and Wiens 2017, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Taquetochelys de Broin 1980
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

African mud terrapins preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Arabic

حفاصيات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Пеламедузавыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Пэлямэдузавыя
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Bulgarian

пеломедузови костенурки preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

非洲側頸龜科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

pelomedúzovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Pelomedusa's preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

პელომედუზისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Pelomedusenschildkröten preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

פלומדוזיים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

sisakteknősfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ヨコクビガメ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Korean

가로목거북과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Pelomedūzos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tsisteeł bikʼos yiitásígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

لاک‌پشت‌لجنیان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Pelomeduzowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Пеломедузовые черепахи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Pelomedusasköldpaddor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Пеломедузові черепахи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

حفاصيات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Pelomedusidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Pleurodira
Pelomedusidae (this page)
Pelomedusa
Pelusios
Araripemydidae
Caribemys
Chelidae
Euraxemydidae
Notoemydidae
Peltochelyidae
Platychelyidae
Podocnemididae

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Testudines
Pleurodira
Pelomedusoidea
Pelomedusidae (this page)
Pelomedusa
Pelusios
Podocnemididae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Pleurodira
Pelomedusidae (this page)
Pelomedusa
Pelusios
Araripemydidae
Caribemys
Chelidae
Euraxemydidae
Notoemydidae
Peltochelyidae
Platychelyidae
Podocnemididae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Pleurodira
Pelomedusidae (this page)
Carteremys
Pelomedusa
Pelusios
Araripemydidae
Caribemys
Chelidae
Euraxemydidae
Notoemydidae
Peltochelyidae
Platychelyidae
Podocnemididae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Pelomedusidae (this page)
Palaeaspis Gray 1870
Pelomedusa Wagler 1830
Pelusios Wagler 1830
Teneremys de Broin 1980
Adocidae
Amblypus Hitchcock 1858
Ancyropus Hitchcock 1848
Apodichelys Price 1954
Araripemydidae
Asturichelys Bergounioux 1957
Australochelyidae
Baenidae
Bashuchelyidae
Bothremydidae
Brasilemydidae
Captorhinidae
Carettochelydidae
Caribemys de la Fuente & Iturralde-Vinent 2001
Carretochelyidae
Chelichnus Jardine 1850
Chelone Ritgen 1828
Chelonipus Lilienstern 1939
Chelycarapookidae
Chelydidae
Chelydridae
Chelyzoon von Huene 1902
Chinlechelys Joyce, Lucas, Scheyer, Heckert & Hunt 2009
Chitracephalus Dollo 1884
Dermochelyidae
Desmatochelyidae
Dortokidae
Emydidae
Enaliochelys Seeley 1869
Episcopopus Ellenberger 1970
Eubaenidae
Eunotosauridae
Euraxemydidae
Eurysternidae
Eusarkiidae
Geoemydidae
Glyptopidae
Glyptopsidae
Haichemydidae
Harpagichnus Schmidt 1959
Heckerochelyidae
Helcura Hitchcock 1848
Hylaeochelys Lydekker 1889
Indochelyidae
Indochelys Datta, Manna, Ghosh & Das 2000
Kallokibotiidae
Kayentachelyidae
Kayentachelys Gaffney, Hutchinson, Jenkins & Meeker 1987
Kinosternidae
Larachelus Pérez-García & Murelaga 2012
Limnosauripus Kuhn 1960
Lindholmemydidae
Macrobaenidae
Meiolanidae
Meiolaniidae
Mesosauridae
Millerettidae
Miolaniidae
Murgonemys White 2001
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Neptunochelys Wieland 1900
Neurankylidae
Neurochelys Moody 1980
Neusticemys Fernand & de la Fuen 1993
Nichollsemys Brinkman, Hart, Jamniczky & Colbert 2006
Notoemydidae
Odontochelyidae
Oligochelone Dollo 1909
Osteopygidae
Otwayemys Gaffney, Kool, Brinkman, Rich & Vickers-Rich 1998
Owenemys Hervet 2004
Palmichnus Schmidt 1959
Paludinosa
Phalangichnus Schmidt 1959
Planetochelyidae
Plastomenidae
Platychelyidae
Platysternidae
Plesiochelydiae
Plesiochelyidae
Pleurosternidae
Podocnemididae
Proganochelyidae
Promalacoclemmys Reinach 1900
Proterochersidae
Protorothyrididae
Protostegidae
Provencemys Hervet 2004
Ptychogasteridae
Siamochelys Tong, Buffetaut & Suteethorn 2002
Sinemydidae
Sinemyidae
Solemydidae
Testudoolithidae
Thalassemydidae
Thalassemyidae
Tienfucheloides Nesov 1978
Toxochelyidae
Trachydermochelys Seeley 1869
Trionychidae
56 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Testudines Batsch 1788
Pleurodira Cope 1864
Pelomedusidae Cope 1868 (this page)
Pelomedusa Wagler 1830
Pelusios Wagler 1830
Chelidae Gray 1825
Podocnemididae Cope 1868

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Pelomedusidae (this page)
Pelusios broadleyi Bour 1986
Pelusios castanoides Hewitt 1931
Pelusios castanoides subsp. intergularis Bour 1983
Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron 1835)
Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt 1927
Pelusios seychellensis (Siebenrock 1906)
Pelusios subniger (Bonnaterre 1789)
Pelusios subniger subsp. parietalis Bour 1983
Pelusios upembae Broadley 1981
Carettochelyidae
Chelidae
Cheloniidae
Chelydridae
Dermatemydidae
Dermochelyidae
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
Kinosternidae
Platysternidae
Podocnemididae
Testudinidae
Trionychidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Testudines
Pleurodira
Pelomedusidae (this page)
Pelomedusa
Pelusios
Chelidae
Podocnemididae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Testudinata
Testudines
Pleurodira
Pelomedusidae (this page)
Palaeaspis
Pelomedusa
Pelusios
Bothremydidae
Caribemys
Chelidae
Chelidoidea
Dortokidae
Euraxemydidae
Eusarkiidae
Pelomedusoidea
Pelomedusoides
Platycheloidea
Podocnemididae
Propleuridae
Sokatra
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