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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Dermatemydidae (River Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Dermatemys (Central American River Turtles)
species
species list
D. mawii (Central American River Turtle)
Original Description
Gray 1847 : 55
Common Name
Central American River Turtles
Distribution
As for the single species
Comments
Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Iverson and Mittermeier (1980).
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