Mexican spotted wood turtle
Appearance
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Mexican spotted wood turtle | |
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Mating, in Oaxaca | |
1871 illustration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Rhinoclemmys |
Species: | R. rubida
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Binomial name | |
Rhinoclemmys rubida (Cope, 1869)
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The Mexican spotted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys rubida) or Mexican spotted terrapin is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.
It is endemic to Mexico. It inhabits the Pacific slope of southern Mexico, from sea level to 1350 meters elevation.[1]
There are two recognized subspecies. R. rubida rubida ranges inhabits Oaxaca and Chiapas, and R. rubida perixantha inhabits Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, and Guerrero.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c van Dijk, P.P.; Canseco-Marquez, L.; Muñoz, A. (2016) [errata version of 2007 assessment]. "Rhinoclemmys rubida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T19508A97376969. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T19508A8941198.en. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 246–247. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.