Furrowed wood turtle

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Furrowed wood turtle

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. areolata
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys areolata
(Gray, 1860)[2][3]
Synonyms[4]
  • Emys areolata Duméril & Bibron, 1851
  • Malaclemmys concentrica areolata Gray, 1856
  • Clemmys areolata Strauch, 1862
  • Malaclemys concentrica areolata Gray, 1863
  • Chelopus areolatus Cope, 1865
  • Nicoria punctularia var. areolata Boulenger, 1889
  • Geoemyda punctularia areolata Siebenrock, 1909
  • Geomyda punctularia areolata Ruthven, 1912
  • Geoemyda areolata Wettstein, 1934
  • Geomyda areolata Pearse, 1945
  • Rhinoclemys areolata McDowell, 1964
  • Rhinoclemmys areolata Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Rhinoclemmys aereolata Hoffman, 1969 (
    ex errore
    )
  • Callopsis areolata Smith & Smith, 1975
  • Chelopsus areolatus Ernst, 1980

The furrowed wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys areolata)[2] is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae found in the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent regions of Central America.[3]


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