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Brown wood turtle
Illustration of Rhinoclemmys annulata
by G.H. Ford
from Gray's original description.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Rhinoclemmys
Species:
R. annulata
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys annulata
(Gray, 1860)
Synonyms[2]
  • Geoclemmys annulata
    Gray, 1860
  • Clemmys annulata
    Strauch, 1862
  • Rhinoclemys (Callopsis) annulata
    — Gray, 1863
  • Chelopus annulatus
    Cope, 1865
  • Rhinoclemmys annulata
    — Gray, 1870
  • Chelopus gabbii
    Cope, 1876
  • Emys gabbi [sic]
    Günther, 1885 (ex errore)
  • Nicoria annulata
    Boulenger, 1889
  • Nicoria gabbii
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Geoemyda annulata
    Siebenrock, 1909
  • Geoemyda gabbii
    — Siebenrock, 1909
  • Rhinoclemmys gabbii
    Allee, 1926
  • Geoamyda annulata
    Park, Barden & Williams, 1940
  • Geoemyda annulaia [sic]
    Medem, 1958 (ex errore)
  • Geoemyda gabbi
    Pritchard, 1967
  • Callopsis annulata
    H.M. Smith, R.B. Smith &
    Sawin, 1976
  • Rhinoclemmys angulata [sic]
    Highfield, 1996 (ex errore)

The brown wood turtle or brown land turtle (Rhinoclemmys annulata) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to Central America and northern South America.

Taxonomy

R. annulata is one of nine species of turtles in the genus Rhinoclemmys.

Geographic range

R. annulata is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.[3]

References

  1. ^ Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Rhinoclemmys annulata. Version=2011.2 Archived 27 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 June 2012.
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 241–242. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Rhinoclemmys annulata. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1889). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-III. (Nicoria annulata and N. gabbii, p. 126).
  • Gray JE (1860). "Description of a New Species of Geoclemmys from Ecuador". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1860: 231-132 + Plate XXIX. (Geoclemmys annulata, new species).
  • Mittermeier RA (1971). "Notes on the behavior and ecology of Rhinoclemmys annulata Gray". Herpetologica 27 (4): 485-488.