Painted wood turtle

Painted wood turtle
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. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
(Gray, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima pulcherrima
  • Emys pulcherrimus Gray, 1856
  • Clemmys pulcherrima Strauch, 1862
  • Callichelys pulcherrima Gray, 1863
  • Emys pulcherrima Müller, 1865
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima Gray, 1873
  • Chelopus pulcherrima Bocourt, 1876
  • Pseudemys pulcherrima Garman, 1884
  • Chelopus pulcherrimus Cope, 1887
  • Nicoria punctularia var. pulcherrima Boulenger, 1889
  • Geoemyda punctularia pulcherrima Siebenrock, 1909
  • Geoemyda pulcherrima pulcherrima Wettstein, 1934
  • Rhinoclemys pulcherrima McDowell, 1964
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima pulcherrima Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherrina Fairchild, Kohls & Tipton, 1966 (ex errore)
  • Rhinoclemys pulcherrima pulcherrima Greene, 1972
  • Callopsis pulcherrima pulcherrima Smith & Smith, 1975
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherria Acuña-Mesén, 2006 (ex errore)
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa
  • Emys incisa Bocourt, 1868
  • Rhinoclemmys frontalis Gray, 1873
  • Rhinoclemmys bocourti Gray, 1873
  • Chelopus incisa Bocourt, 1876
  • Chelopus incisus Sumichrast, 1880
  • Glyptemys incisa Garman, 1884
  • Nicoria punctularia var. incisa Boulenger, 1889
  • Clemmys incisa Strauch, 1890
  • Chrysemys incisa Gadow, 1905
  • Geoemyda punctularia incisa Siebenrock, 1909
  • Rhinoclemmys incisa Schmidt, 1928
  • Geoemyda pulcherrima incisa Wettstein, 1934
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Callopsis pulcherrima incisa Smith & Smith, 1975
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima insica Rogner, 1995 (ex errore)
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni
  • Geoemyda manni Dunn, 1930
  • Geoemyda pulcherrima manni Wettstein, 1934
  • Geoemyda punctularia manni Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Callopsis pulcherrima manni Smith, Smith & Sawin, 1976
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni Pritchard, 1979
  • Rhinoclemys pulcherrima manni Pritchard, 1979
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima rogerbarbouri
  • Callopsis pulcherrima rogerbarbouri Ernst, 1978
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima rogerbarbouri Pritchard, 1979
  • Rhinoclemys pulcherrima rogerbarbouri Pritchard, 1979

The ornate or painted wood turtle[2] (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima) is one of nine turtle species of the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae. There are four recognized subspecies.[3]

  1. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 243–245. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
  2. ^ Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima, The Reptile Database
  3. ^ "Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 August 2010.