Mexican spotted wood turtle
Mexican spotted wood turtle | |
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Conservation status
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Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Rhinoclemmys |
Species: | R. rubida
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Binomial name | |
Rhinoclemmys rubida (Cope, 1869)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The Mexican spotted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys rubida) or Mexican spotted terrapin is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.
It is endemic to Mexico.
References[]
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 246–247. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Rhinoclemmys rubida. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Rhinoclemmys
- Turtles of North America
- Endemic fauna of Mexico
- Reptiles of Mexico
- Near threatened biota of Mexico
- Near threatened fauna of North America
- Reptiles described in 1869
- Turtle stubs