Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

HKRMS taxon details

Reptilia

AphiaID

1838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1838)

Classification

Authority

Laurenti, 1768

Status

accepted

Rank

Superclass

Parent

Tetrapoda

Direct children (3)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Class Aves
Order Squamata
Order Testudines

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Reptilia. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1838 on 2026-01-14

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Reptilia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1838 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2005-12-27 19:49:34Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2021-06-29 11:14:19Z

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basis of record Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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