Mesoclemmys nasuta

Mesoclemmys nasuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Subfamily:	Chelinae
Genus:	Mesoclemmys
Species:	M. nasuta
Binomial name
	Mesoclemmys nasuta; (Schweigger, 1812)
Synonyms
Species Synonymy
	Emys nasuta Schweigger, 1812; Emys barbatula Gravenhorst, 1829; Rhinemys nasuta Wagler, 1830; Emys nasua Gray, 1831 (ex errore); Hydraspis barbatula Gray, 1831; Platemys schweiggerii Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Hydraspis (Rhinemys) nasuta Bonaparte, 1836; Platemys nasuta Strauch, 1862; Hydraspis maculata Gray, 1873; Platemys schweiggeri Boulenger, 1889 (ex errore); Phrynops walbaumi Fitzinger, 1904 (nomen nudum); Batrachemys nasuta Stejneger, 1909; Phrynops (Batrachemys) nasuta Zangerl & Medem, 1958; Phrynops nasutus Mertens, 1970; Phrynops nasatus Bour, 1973 (ex errore); Phrynops nasutus nasutus Bour, 1973; Hydraspis macula Lescure & Fretey, 1975 (ex errore); Phrynops nasuta nasuta Pritchard, 1979; Batrachemys nasutus Anan'eva, 1988; Mesoclemmys nasuta Bour & Zaher, 2005;

Mesoclemmys nasuta is a species of turtle that lives in the Guyanas (north-eastern South America).^[2]

References [edit]

^ Schweigger, Augustus F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462.
^ ^a ^b Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 338. ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ 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.

This article about a turtle is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.