Maracaibo wood turtle

Maracaibo wood turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Rhinoclemmys
Species:
R. diademata
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys diademata
(Mertens, 1954)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Geoemyda punctularia diademata
    Mertens, 1954
  • Callopsis punctularia diademata
    — H.M. Smith, R.B. Smith &
    Sawin, 1976
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia diademata
    — Fretey, Hoogmoed &
    Lescure, 1977
  • Geomyda punctularia diademata
    — Ernst, 1978
  • Rhinoclemmys diademata
    — Pritchard, 1979
  • Rhinoclemys [sic] diademata
    — Pritchard, 1979

The Maracaibo wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys diademata) is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Geographic range

R. diademata is found in Colombia and Venezuela.[2]


References

  1. ^ a b Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.114.
  2. ^ a b Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 242.

Bibliography

  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (14 December 2010). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  • Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). At the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee and the German Agency for Nature Conservation and funded by the Museum für Tierkunde Dresden and the German Federal Ministry of Environment: 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.

Further reading

  • Mertens R (1954). "Zur Kenntnis der Schildkrötenfauna Venezuelas ". Senckenbergiana Biologica 35 (1/2): 3-7. (Geoemyda punctularia diademata, new subspecies). (in German).