Taxonavigation

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genus: Mesoclemmys
Species: Mesoclemmys raniceps

Name

• Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray 1855)
  • Type locality: “Brazil, Para”.
  • Lectotype: NHM (ex BMNH); Bates collection, 1947.3.5.92, formerly NHM 51.8.12.1 (designated by Bour & Pauler 1987).

References

• Gray,J.E. 1856. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). British Museum, London, 79 pp. [1855]

• McCord, W., Joseph-Ouni, M. & Lamar, W. 2001. A Taxonomic Reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys. Revista de Biología Tropical. 49(2):715–764. download

• Bour, R. & Zaher, H. 2005: A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae). Papéis avulsos de zoologia, 45(24): 295–311. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492005002400001 Reference page. 

• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page. 

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