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Encyclopedia > Brown Tortoise
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Brown Tortoise
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Order: Squamata
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Family: Testudinidae
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Species: M. emys
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Manouria emys
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Synonyms

Brown Tortoise Manouria emys is a species of tortoise found in India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar (= Burma), Tailand and Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo). emys: S Tahiland, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo; Type locality: Sumatra phayrei: N/W Thailand to NE India; Type locality: Arakan; Tenasserim Provinces'. M. e. emys has separated pectores scutes while M. e. phayrei has joined pectoral scutes. Manouria emys phayrei has been named after Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (1812-1885), British army officer in India who became Commissioner of British Burma. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders  Crocodilia - Crocodilians scary crocodiles. ... Suborders Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Sauria- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Squamata (scaled reptiles) is the largest recent order of reptiles, including lizards and snakes. ... Families See text Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudinata, most of whose body is shielded by a special bony shell developed from their ribs. ... For the band, see Tortoise (band). ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Trinomial nomenclature is a taxonomic naming system that extends the standard system of binomial nomenclature by adding a third taxon. ... In scientific classification, a type is a specimen or description that corresponds to a taxon (a group of organisms), and helps to identify which organisms may be referred to with that name. ... In scientific classification, synonymy is the existence of multiple systematic names to label the same organism. ...


External links

  • EMBL reptile database

References

  • Anderson,J. 1871 On Testudo Phayrei, Theob. & Dr. Gray. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8: 324-330
  • Blyth,E. 1854 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 [1853]: 639-655
  • Schlegel,H. & Müller,S. 1844 Over de Schildpadden van den Indischen Archipel. In: Temminck,V. (1839-1847) Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen, door de leden der Natuurkundige Commisie in Oost-Indie en andere schrijvers. Leijden folio. Afd. 1 Zoologie in 12 afleveringen, met 45 gekl. pl. - Vitg. door C.J. Temminck, Leiden, Leuchtmans u. Hoeck in comm.: 29-36
  • Stoliczka,F. 1871 Note on Testudo Phayrei. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8: 212


 
 

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