Spot-legged wood turtle
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Spot-legged wood turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Rhinoclemmys |
Species: | R. punctularia
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Binomial name | |
Rhinoclemmys punctularia | |
Subspecies | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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The painted wood turtle or spot-legged wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae.
Distribution
The painted wood turtle can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.[1]
Subspecies
References
- ^ a b c d e Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.115
- ^ Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 242
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 245–246. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Rhinoclemmys
- Turtles of Brazil
- Turtles of South America
- Reptiles of French Guiana
- Reptiles of Guyana
- Reptiles of Suriname
- Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago
- Reptiles of Venezuela
- Reptiles described in 1801