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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
species..............Rhinoclemmys funerea (Black Wood Turtle)
Original Description
Cope 1875b : 154
Syntypes
(4 specimens) USNM 45000; USNM 45001; USNM 46134; USNM 46135
Type Locality
"Limon" [= Puerto Limón, Costa Rica]
Original name
Chelopus funereus
Common Name
Black Wood Turtle
Distribution
From the Coco River on the Honduras-Nicaragua border to central Panama along the Caribbean versant
Comments
Reviewed by Ernst (1980c).
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