Chelus orinocoensis Vargas-Ramírez, Caballero, Morales-Betancourt, Lasso,Amaya, Martínez, Neves Silva Viana, Vogt, Farias, Hrbek, Campbell, & Fritz 2020:13

Holotype: IAVH R8755; paratypes (9), IAVH R8746, R8754, R8756, R8768, R9074, R9076-78, and R9080.