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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Dermatemydidae (River Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Dermatemys (Central American River Turtles)
species..............Dermatemys mawii (Central American River Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1847 : 55
- Holotype
- BMNH 1947.3.4.12
- Type Locality
- "South America" (in error); restricted to "Alvarado, Veracruz" [Mexico] by Smith and Taylor (1950a:346 and 1950b:19)
- Original name
- Dermatemys mawii
- Common Name
- Central American River Turtle
- Distribution
- Veracruz and northern Oaxaca, Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula, Belize and Atlantic versant of Guatemala and adjacent Honduras
- 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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