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Platysternidae

Platysternidae

Big-headed Turtle(+19)·Gray, 1869

GBIF:304165644

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 16 languages.

engBig-headed TurtleengengBig-headed TurtlesengnldGrootkopschildpadnldnldGrootkopschildpaddennlddeuGrosskopfschildkrötedeu+15 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 16 languages.

engBig-headed Turtle
eng
engBig-headed Turtles
eng
nldGrootkopschildpad
nld
nldGrootkopschildpadden
nld
deuGrosskopfschildkröte
deu
deuGroßkopfschildkröten
deu
turKocabaşlı kaplumbağagiller
tur
turKocakafakaplumbağagiller
tur
fraPlatysterne
fra
porTartaruga-cabeçuda chinesa
por
spaTortugas cabezonas
spa
polWielkogłowowate
pol
ceshlavcovití
ces
hunnagyfejűteknős-félék
hun
rusБольшеголовые черепахи
rus
hebצבים ראשתניים
heb
thaวงศ์ เต่าหัวโต
tha
jpnオオアタマガメ科
jpn
zho平胸龜科
zho
kor큰머리거북과
kor

CLASSIFICATION

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EukaryotaAnimaliaChordataVertebrataGnathostomataOsteichthyesTetrapodaReptiliaTestudinesCryptodiraTestudinoideaPlatysternidae

HIERARCHY

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PlatysternonGray, 1831
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Source Information

Catalogue of Life

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The Catalogue of Life is building a comprehensive catalogue of all known species on Earth. It offers two types of releases that reflect different levels of quality. The Base Release is curated and verified by experts specifically for COL. The eXtended Release (COL XR) builds on the Base Release 2026-05-11 (COL26.5) by programmatically integrating additional data sources. It integrates information from 61504 overlapping taxonomic and nomenclatural global, regional, national and management data sources (checklists) as well as originating from digitised literature available in Catalogue of Life's infrastructure ChecklistBank. New names and other data included in the COL XR are indicated with the XR icon. This release addresses several gaps of the Base Release and also enriches the existing names with information such as authorships, references, and vernacular names. It also adds molecular data, such as barcode index numbers or operational taxonomic units, to the Catalogue of Life. Higher taxonomy is being added only in selected groups with important gaps. Meanwhile, the information from the global data sources of the Catalogue of Life Base Release remains unmodified. This enhanced process is continuously evolving and undergoing quality control checks by COL editors and its community. Due to its programmatic nature as well as the taxonomic and nomenclatural differences among the data sources used, some issues may arise. We therefore caution the user, and invite everyone to help log data issues in the [COL’s data GitHub repository](https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/data/issues/new?template=xcol-content-feedback.md). We will do our best to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Abreu, C., Acero P, A., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (2026-05-15 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgxsq

CC BYPublished 5/15/2026View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
304165644
Dataset Key
7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
Origin
source
Backbone Key
4287906
Taxon ID
62629
Last Crawled
5/28/2026
Last Interpreted
6/4/2026
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