Colombian wood turtle

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Colombian wood turtle
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Rhinoclemmys
Species:
R. melanosterna
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys melanosterna
(Gray, 1961) [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Geoclemmys melanosternaGray, 1861
  • Clemmys melanosternaStrauch, 1862
  • Rhinoclemmys melanosternaGray, 1863
  • Nicoria punctularia var. melanosternumBoulenger, 1889
  • Geoemyda punctularia melanosternumSiebenrock, 1909
  • Geoemyda punctularia melanosternaMertens, 1954
  • Callopsis punctularia melanosternaSmith, Smith & Sawin, 1976
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia melanosternaFretey, Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1977
  • Rhinoclemys melanosternaPritchard, 1979

The Colombian wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys melanosterna) is one of nine species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. [2]

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