Mexican spotted wood turtle

The Mexican spotted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys rubida) or Mexican spotted terrapin is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.

Mexican spotted wood turtle
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys
Species:	R. rubida
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys rubida (Cope, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida Chelopus rubidus Cope, 1870 Geoclemmys rubida Gray, 1870 Rhinoclemmys mexicana Gray, 1870 Chelopus mexicana Bocourt, 1876 Chelopus mexicanus Sumichrast, 1880 Emys mexicana Günther, 1885 Emys rubida Günther, 1885 Nicoria rubida Boulenger, 1889 Clemmys rubida Strauch, 1890 Nicoria rutila Gadow, 1905 (ex errore) Geoemyda rubida Siebenrock, 1909 Geoemyda rubida rubida Mosimann & Rabb, 1953 Rhinoclemys rubida McDowell, 1964 Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida Smith & Taylor, 1966 Callopsis rubida rubida Smith & Smith, 1975 Rhinoclemys rubida rubida Pritchard, 1979 Chelopus rubidus rubidus Bour, 2002 Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha Geoemyda rubida perixantha Mosimann & Rabb, 1953 Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha Smith & Taylor, 1966 Callopsis rubida perixantha Smith & Smith, 1975 Rhinoclemys rubida perixantha Pritchard, 1979 Rhinoclemmys rubida perixanthal Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 (ex errore) Chelopus rubidus perixanthus Bour, 2002

It is endemic to Mexico.