EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
species..............Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima (Painted Wood Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1855 : 25
- Holotype
- BMNH 1947.3.5.52
- Type Locality
- "Mexico"; restricted by Smith and Taylor (1950a:343 and 1950b:30) to "Presidio de Mazatlan" [Sinaloa, Mexico]; restriction corrected to the "vicinity of San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico" by Ernst (1978:125)
- Original name
- Emys pulcherrimus
- Common Name
- Painted Wood Turtle
- Distribution
- Southern Sonora, Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica on the Pacific versant; Atlantic versant in eastern Guatemala and eastern Honduras
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Ernst (1981b).
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