Furrowed wood turtle

Furrowed wood turtle
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys
Species:	R. areolata
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys areolata (Gray, 1860)
Synonyms
Emys areolata Duméril & Bibron, 1851 Malaclemmys concentrica areolata Gray, 1856 Clemmys areolata Strauch, 1862 Malaclemys concentrica areolata Gray, 1863 Chelopus areolatus Cope, 1865 Nicoria punctularia var. areolata Boulenger, 1889 Geoemyda punctularia areolata Siebenrock, 1909 Geomyda punctularia areolata Ruthven, 1912 Geoemyda areolata Wettstein, 1934 Geomyda areolata Pearse, 1945 Rhinoclemys areolata McDowell, 1964 Rhinoclemmys areolata Smith & Taylor, 1966 Rhinoclemmys aereolata Hoffman, 1969 (ex errore) Callopsis areolata Smith & Smith, 1975 Chelopsus areolatus Ernst, 1980

The furrowed wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys areolata) is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae found in the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent regions of Central America.

Bibliography

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