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Original
Description |
Cope 1869 : 148 |
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Type
Locality |
"Tuchitán [= Juchitán], Tehuantépec, [Oaxaca] Mexico" |
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Syntypes |
(9 specimens) USNM 45612; USNM 45613; USNM 45614; ANSP 285; ANSP 337; ANSP 338; ANSP 339; ANSP 340; ANSP 341, although Cope only noted 4 specimens, numbered 264-67, in the description. |
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Original name |
Chelopus rubidus |
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Common
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Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle |
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Distribution |
Mexico: southwestern Jalisco through Colima to southwestern Michoacán (Mexico) and east in the Balsas basin to Mexico (state); central Oaxaca to Chiapas (Mexico) |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979), Ernst (1981d), and Groombridge (1982). |
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