Mesoclemmys tuberculata

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Mesoclemmys tuberculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Mesoclemmys
Species:
M. tuberculata
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys tuberculata
(Luederwaldt, 1926) [1]
Synonyms [2] [3]
List
  • Rhinemys tuberculataLuederwaldt, 1926
  • Batrachemys tuberculataFróes, 1957
  • Phrynops (Batrachemys) tuberculataZangerl & Medem, 1958
  • Phrynops (Batrachemys) tuberculatusMertens, 1970
  • Phrynops tuberculatus tuberculatusBour, 1973
  • Batrachemys tubercalataNutaphand, 1979(ex errore)
  • Phrynops tubercularisRogner, 1996(ex errore)
  • Mesoclemmys tuberculataBour & Zaher, 2005

Mesoclemmys tuberculata is a species of turtle. It is found in northeastern Brazil. [4]

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References

  1. Luederwaldt, Hermann. 1926. Os chelonios brasileiros. Revista Museo Paulista 14:403–470.
  2. Uwe Fritz & Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology . 57 (2): 263–264. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010.
  3. Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
  4. Mesoclemmys tuberculata in the Reptile Database