Maracaibo wood turtle

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

Maracaibo wood turtle
Scientific classification
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

Geographic range

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


References
  1. Rhodin 2010, p. 000.114.
  2. Fritz 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 15 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 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. 57 (2): 149–368. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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