EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Rhinoclemmys punctularia
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
species..............Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Spot-legged Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Daudin 1802 : 249
- Holotype
- MNHN 9130
- Type Locality
- "Cayenne" [French Guiana]
- Original name
- Testudo puncularia
- Common Name
- Spot-legged Turtle
- Distribution
- Orinoco to lower Amazon river basins of Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago
- Comments
- Reviewed by Fretey et al. (1977), Ernst (1981c), Pritchard and Trebbau (1984), and Paolillo (1985). Includes R. p. lunata (Gray, 1873b:144) according to Fretey et al. (1977). See Comments under R. diademata and R. melanosterna.
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