Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
|
Genus
Staurotypus
 |
Giant Musk Turtles, Cross-breasted Turtles, Mexican Musk Turtles
|
 |
Kreuzbrust-Schildkröten
|
 |
Kæmpe-moskusskildpadder
|
|
1830 |  |
Staurotypus Wagler (type species: Terrapene triporcata Wiegmann 1828) |
|
1864 | |
Stauremys Gray (type species: Staurotypus salvinii Gray 1864; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
S. Mexico, N. Central America.
Reported from:
Belize,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Oaxaca,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz).
| |
|
Staurotypus salvinii
|
Pacific Giant Musk Turtle, Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle, Chiapan Giant Musk Turtle, Central American Musk Turtle
|
|
Südliche Kreuzbrust-Schildkröte, (Salvin-Kreuzbrust-Schildkröte)
|
|
Sydlig Kæmpe-moskusskildpadde
|
|
1864 | |
Staurotypus (Stauremys) salvinii Gray |
|
| |
Stauremys salvinii Gray 1870 |
|
1872 | |
Staurotypus marmoratus Fischer (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
|
1872 | |
Staurotypus severus Cope (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
|
| |
Staurotypus severus Bocourt 1876 |
Introduced to:
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Oaxaca).
|
Staurotypus salvinii
© Rune Midtgaard
|
|
Staurotypus triporcatus
|
Caribbean Giant Musk Turtle, Northern Giant Musk Turtle, Mexican Giant Musk Turtle, Mexican Cross-breasted Turtle, Three-keeled Musk Turtle
|
|
Grosse Kreuzbrust-Schildkröte
|
|
Nordlig Kæmpe-moskusskildpadde, Trekølet Mellemamerikansk Slamskildpadde
|
|
1828 | |
Terrapene triporcata Wiegmann |
|
| |
Staurotypus triporcatus Wagler 1830 |
|
| |
Emys triporcata Gray in Griffith 1831 |
|
| |
Kinosternon triporcatum Gray 1831 |
|
| |
Clemmys triporcata Fitzinger 1835 |
|
1872 | |
Claudius pictus Cope (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Distribution:
Belize,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Oaxaca,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz).
|
|
|