Furrowed wood turtle

Furrowed 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. 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]


  1. ^ van Dijk, P.P.; Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R.; Flores-Villela, O. & Lopez-Luna, M.A. (2016) [errata version of 2007 assessment]. "Rhinoclemmys areolata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63664A97375601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63664A12694597.en. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.114
  3. ^ a b Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 242
  4. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 242. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.