EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Rhinoclemmys areolata
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
species..............Rhinoclemmys areolata (Furrowed Wood Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Duméril and Bibron 1851 in Duméril & Duméril 1851 : 10
- Holotype
- MNHN 9424
- Type Locality
- "Province du Petén (Amér. centr.)"; restricted to "La Libertad" [El Petén, Guatemala] by Smith and Taylor (1950b:30); corrected to "Flores" [El Petén, Guatemala] by Dunn and Stuart (1951:60)
- Original name
- Emys areolata
- Common Name
- Furrowed Wood Turtle
- Distribution
- Atlantic versant of southern Veracruz to the Yucatan Peninsula and Isla Cozumel (Mexico), Belize, northern Guatemala, and northwestern Honduras
- Comments
- Reviewed by Ernst (1980b), Smith and Smith (1979), and Groombridge (1982). Geographic variation is discussed by Perez-Higareda and Smith (1987).
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