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)
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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