Platemys platycephala melanonota Ernst 1984

Platemys platycephala melanonota Ernst, 1984

[= Platemys platycephala melanonota Ernst, 1984; fide, Ernst, 1987:405.2]

Ernst, 1984 [1983], J. Herpetol. 17(4):352, fig. 2.

Holotype: USNM 224136 (alcoholic adult male, CL 165.7 mm), collected 1 Feb 1980 by Roy W. McDiarmid.

Type Locality: “Vicinity of Galilea, on the Río Santiago, Amazonas, Perú (4°1′S, 77°47′W).” Latitude and longitude more precisely specified by the collector as 4°00′55″S, 77°46′40″W.

Paratypes: USNM 224132 (alcoholic juvenile, CL 89 mm), on the Río Cenepa at Huampani, Perú (4°28′S, 78°10′W), 12 Jul 1977; USNM 224133 (alcoholic adult female, CL 146 mm), vicinity of San Antonio on the Río Cenepa, Perú (4°30′S, 78°10′W), 3 Aug 1977; USNM 224134 (alcoholic adult male, CL 165 mm), vicinity of Kumpin on the Río Najem (tributary of the Río Huampani, which is a tributary of the Río Cenepa), Perú (4°22′S, 78°05′W), 26 Aug 1977; USNM 224135 (alcoholic adult female, CL 167 mm), locality same as USNM 224134, 26 Aug 1977; all collected by Roy W. McDiarmid. USNM 224137 (alcoholic adult male, CL 156 mm), Caterpiza on the Río Caterpiza, a tributary of the Río Santiago, Perú (3°55′S, 77°43′W), collected by Tom Justice, 10 Oct 1979; USNM 224138 (alcoholic adult male, CL 152 mm), vicinity of Yutupis on the Río Santiago, Perú (4°03′20″S, 77°45′25″W), collected by Camm C. Swift, 11 Mar 1980; USNM 224139 (alcoholic juvenile, CL 62 mm), collected at the type locality by Roy W. McDiarmid, 15 Mar 1980.

Other Type Material: Paratypes: LACM 134906–14; MVZ 158995, 175379.

Etymology: The name melanonota is from the Greek melania, blackness, and notos, pertaining to the back, referring to the dark pigmentation of the carapace.

FAMILY CHELONIIDAE