Rhinoclemmys

Rhinoclemmys
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima, painted wood turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Rhinoclemmydinae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys Fitzinger, 1835

Rhinoclemmys is a genus of turtles in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae), the only genus in the subfamily Rhinoclemmydinae. Member species of the genus are commonly known as the Neotropical wood turtles and are the only geoemydids known from the Americas. As such, they have adapted to a wide range of habitats, which is reflected in the species' common names. It contains nine species.

Species

The genus Rhinoclemmys contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.

• R. annulata (Gray, 1860) – brown wood turtle
• R. areolata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron in A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – furrowed wood turtle
• R. diademata (Mertens, 1954) – Maracaibo wood turtle
• R. funerea (Cope, 1876) – black river turtle
• R. melanosterna (Gray, 1861) – Colombian wood turtle
• R. nasuta (Boulenger, 1902) – large-nosed wood turtle
• R. pulcherrima (Gray, 1856) – painted wood turtle
• R. punctularia (Daudin, 1801) – spot-legged wood turtle
• R. rubida (Cope, 1870) – Mexican spotted wood turtle

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rhinoclemmys.

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

Further reading

• Le, Minh; McCord, William P. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographical history of the genus Rhinoclemmys Fitzinger, 1835 and the monophyly of the turtle family Geoemydidae (Testudines: Testudinoidea)". Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 153: 751-767.
• Fitzinger L (1835). "Entwurf einer systematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode ". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 1: 105-128. (Rhinoclemmys, new genus, p. 115). (in German and Latin).