EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Rhinoclemmys annulata
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
species..............Rhinoclemmys annulata (Brown Wood Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1860b : 231
- Syntypes
- (3 specimens) BMNH 1946.1.22.56; BMNH 1947.3.5.58; BMNH 1947.3.5.59
- Type Locality
- "Esmeraldas, Ecuador"
- Original name
- Geoclemmys annulata
- Common Name
- Brown Wood Turtle
- Distribution
- Eastern Honduras to western Colombia and western EcuadorReviewed by Ernst (1980a).
- Comments
- Reviewed by Ernst (1980a).
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