Maracaibo wood turtle

Maracaibo 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. diademata
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys diademata
(Mertens, 1954)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Geoemyda punctularia diademata
    Mertens, 1954
  • Callopsis punctularia diademata
    — H.M. Smith, R.B. Smith &
    Sawin, 1976
  • Rhinoclemmys punctularia diademata
    — Fretey, Hoogmoed &
    Lescure, 1977
  • Geomyda punctularia diademata
    — Ernst, 1978
  • Rhinoclemmys diademata
    — Pritchard, 1979
  • Rhinoclemys [sic] diademata
    — Pritchard, 1979

The Maracaibo wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys diademata) is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

  1. ^ a b Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.114.
  2. ^ Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 242.