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Original
Description |
Gray 1847 : 55 |
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Type
Locality |
"South America" (in error); restricted to "Alvarado, Veracruz" [Mexico] by Smith and Taylor (1950a:346 and 1950b:19) |
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Holotype |
BMNH 1947.3.4.12 |
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Original name |
Dermatemys mawii |
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Common
name |
Central American River Turtle |
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Distribution |
Veracruz and northern Oaxaca, Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula, Belize and Atlantic versant of Guatemala and adjacent Honduras |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979), Iverson and Mittermeier (1980), Groombridge (1982), and Moll (1986; Belize only). Because it was named for Lt. Mawe, some authors have listed it as D. mawei. |
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