Zulia toad-headed sideneck

Zulia toad-headed sideneck
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Mesoclemmys
Species:	M. zuliae
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys zuliae (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) [2]
Synonyms [3] [4]
Phrynops (Batrachemys) zuliae Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984 Batrachemys zuliae — Groombridge, 1988 Mesoclemmys zuliae — Bour & Zaher, 2005

The Zulia toad-headed sideneck (Mesoclemmys zuliae), also known commonly as the Zulia toad-headed turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela. ^[5]

Etymology

The specific name, zuliae, refers to the Venezuelan state of Zulia. ^[6]

Geographic range

The type locality of M. zuliae is Cano Madre Vieja near El Guayabo, Distrito Colón, Zulia, Venezuela. ^[7]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. zuliae is freshwater inland bodies of water. ^{[1] [5]}

References

1. Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). "Mesoclemmys zuliae (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T17083A97271125. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17083A6797773.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2021.
2. Pritchard, Peter C.H.; Trebbau, Pedro (1984). The Turtles of Venezuela . Contributions in Herpetology, Number 2. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 403 pp. (Phrynops zuliae, new species, pp. 135–142).
3. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 340. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . ISSN   1864-5755.
4. van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2012). "Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs (5): 000.243–000.328.
5. Rojas-Runjaic, FJM (2009). "Mesoclemmys zuliae – Die geheimnisvolle Krötenkopfschildkröte aus dem Süden des Maracaibo-Sees". Reptilia. 14 (80): 34–39.
6. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mesoclemmys zuliae, p. 294).
7. Mesoclemmys zuliae at the Reptile Database

Further reading

• Bour R, Zaher H (2005). "A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo45 (24): 295–311. (Mesoclemmys zuliae, new combination). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
• Rojas-Runjaic FJM, Rivas G., McCord WP & Molina C (2008). Cabezón del Zulia, Mesoclemmys zuliae. Pp. 165. In: Rodríguez, J.P. & Rojas-Suárez, F. (Eds.). Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana. Tercera Edición. Provita – Shell Venezuela, S. A., Caracas, Venezuela. Complete book (PDF).
• Rojas-Runjaic FJM (2009). "Mesoclemmys zuliae – Die geheimnisvolle Krötenkopfschildkröte aus dem Süden des Maracaibo-Sees ". Reptilia, Münster14 (80): 34–39. (in German).
• Rojas-Runjaic FJM & Ferrer A. (2009). Evaluación preliminar del estatus poblacional del Cabezón del Zulia (Batrachemys zuliae) en la región sur del Lago de Maracaibo, estado Zulia. Pp 145. In: Giraldo D, Rojas-Suárez, F & Romero V (eds.). Una Mano a la Naturaleza, Conservando las especies amenazadas venezolanas. Provita y Shell, S. A. Caracas, Venezuela.
• Vargas-Ramírez M, Michaels J, Castaño-Mora OV, Cárdenas-Arevalo G (2012). "Weak genetic divergence between the two South American toad-headed turtles Mesoclemmys dahli and M. zuliae (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia33 (3/4): 373–385.
• Rojas-Runjaic FJM , Rivas G, McCord WP & Molina C. (2015). Cabezón del Zulia, Mesoclemmys zuliae. In: Rodríguez JP, García-Rawlins A & Rojas-Suárez F (eds.) Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana. Cuarta edición. Provita y Fundación Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela.