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(Redirected from Rhinoclemmys punctularia) Species of turtle

Spot-legged wood turtle
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Rhinoclemmys
Species: R. punctularia
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys punctularia
(Daudin, 1801)
Subspecies
Synonyms
Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia
  • Testudo punctularia Daudin, 1801
  • Testudo dorsata Schoepff, 1801
  • Emys dorsata Schweigger, 1812
  • Emys punctularia Schweigger, 1812
  • Chersine punctularia Merrem, 1820
  • Emys dorsualis Spix, 1824
  • Clemmys dorsata Wagler, 1830
  • Emys scabra Gray, 1831
  • Chemelys verrucosa Rafinesque, 1832
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) punctularia Fitzinger, 1835
  • Callopsis dorsalis Gray, 1863 (ex errore)
  • Callopsis scabra Gray, 1863
  • Rhinoclemys bellii Gray, 1863
  • Rhinoclemys scabra Gray, 1863
  • Geoclemys callocephalus Gray, 1863
  • Clemmys callocephala Strauch, 1865
  • Chelopus punctularius Cope, 1865
  • Geoclemmys callocephala Gray, 1870
  • Geoclemmys callocephalus Gray, 1870
  • Rhinoclemmys scabra Gray, 1870
  • Rhinoclemmys bellii Gray, 1870
  • Rhinoclemmys scabra var. bellii Gray, 1872
  • Rhinoclemys callocephala Gray, 1873
  • Rhinoclemys lunata Gray, 1873
  • Rhinoclemys ventricosa Gray, 1873
  • Nicoria punctularia Boulenger, 1889
  • Geoemyda punctularia Siebenrock, 1909
  • Geomyda punctularia Luederwaldt, 1926
  • Emys puntularia Pearse, 1945 (ex errore)
  • Geoemyda punctularia lunata Mertens, 1954
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia Fróes, 1957
  • Rhinoclemys punctularia McDowell, 1964
  • Callopsis punctularia lunata Smith, Smith & Sawin, 1976
  • Callopsis punctularia punctularia Smith, Smith & Sawin, 1976
  • Rhinoclemmys lunata Fretey, Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1977
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia Fretey, Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1977
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia lunata Fretey, Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1977
Rhinoclemmys punctularia flammigera
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia flammigera Paolillo, 1985

The painted wood turtle or spot-legged wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae.

Distribution

The painted wood turtle can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.

Subspecies

  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia flammigera

References

  1. ^ Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.115
  2. Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 242
  3. Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 245–246. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.

Bibliography

Family Geoemydidae
Genera
Species of the family Geoemydidae
Northern river terrapin(Batagur baska)
Banhxeochelys
Batagur
Cuora
Cyclemys
Echmatemys
Geoclemys
Geoemyda
Hardella
Heosemys
Leucocephalon
Malayemys
Mauremys
Melanochelys
Morenia
Notochelys
Orlitia
Pangshura
Rhinoclemmys
Sacalia
Siebenrockiella
Vijayachelys
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.
Testudines
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
Taxon identifiers
Rhinoclemmys punctularia
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