Brown wood turtle

Brown wood turtle
Illustration of Rhinoclemmys annulata by G.H. Ford from Gray's original description.
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific 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.