@article {105, title = {Opinion 2431: Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Reptilia, Testudines): precedence given over Emys cayennensis\ Schweigger, 1812}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {76}, year = {2019}, month = {4}, type = {Opinion}, chapter = {77}, abstract = {

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the usage of the specific name of Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 for a widely distributed species of Amazonian turtle, by giving it precedence over its rarely used senior subjective synonym Emys cayennensis Schweigger, 1812 (currently Podocnemis cayennensis).

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Reptilia, Testudines, PODOCNEMIDIDAE, Podocnemis, Podocnemis unifilis, Podocnemis cayennensis, Yellow-spotted River Turtle, Amazon, South America}, author = {ICZN} }