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Original
Description |
Daudin 1802 : 249 |
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Type
Locality |
"Cayenne" [French Guiana] |
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Holotype |
MNHN 9130 |
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Original name |
Testudo puncularia |
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Common
name |
Spot-legged Turtle |
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Distribution |
Orinoco to lower Amazon river basins of Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Fretey et al. (1977), Ernst (1981c), Pritchard and Trebbau (1984), and Paolillo (1985). Includes R. p. lunata (Gray, 1873b:144) according to Fretey et al. (1977). See Comments under R. diademata and R. melanosterna. |
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