Maracaibo wood turtle

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Maracaibo wood turtle
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Rhinoclemmys
Species:
R. diademata
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys diademata
(Mertens, 1954) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Geoemyda punctularia diademata
    Mertens, 1954
  • Callopsis punctularia diademata
    H.M. Smith, R.B. Smith &
    Sawin, 1976
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia diademata
    Fretey, Hoogmoed &
    Lescure, 1977
  • Geomyda punctularia diademata
    Ernst, 1978
  • Rhinoclemmys diademata
    Pritchard, 1979
  • Rhinoclemys [sic] diademata
    — Pritchard, 1979

The Maracaibo wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys diademata) is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

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Geographic range

R. diademata is found in Colombia and Venezuela. [2]


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