Mesoclemmys gibba
Appearance
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Mesoclemmys gibba | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Genus: | Mesoclemmys |
Species: | M. gibba
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Binomial name | |
Mesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
Species Synonymy
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Mesoclemmys gibba, known as the toadhead turtle or gibba turtle, is a small side necked turtle found in a wide area of South America, in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ Schweigger, A.F. 1812. Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger. Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem., 1: 271-368, 406-458.
- ^ Uwe Fritz & Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 263–264. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2011.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Mesoclemmys
- Turtles of South America
- Turtles of Brazil
- Reptiles of Colombia
- Reptiles of Ecuador
- Reptiles of French Guiana
- Reptiles of Guyana
- Reptiles of Paraguay
- Reptiles of Peru
- Reptiles of Suriname
- Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago
- Reptiles of Venezuela
- Reptiles described in 1812