''Mesoclemmys'' is a South American genus of
turtle
Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked t ...
in the
Chelidae
Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. The family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia, and throughout most of South Ame ...
family.
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
include:
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Mesoclemmys dahli''
(Zangerl and Medem, 1958) - Dahl's toad-headed turtle
[Zangerl, R., and F. Medem. 1958. A new species of chelid turtle, ''Phrynops'' (''Batrachemys'') ''dahli'', from Colombia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 119: 375-390]
* ''
Mesoclemmys gibba''
(Schweigger, 1812) - Gibba turtle
[Schweigger, A.F. 1812. Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger. Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem., 1: 271-368, 406-458.]
* ''
Mesoclemmys heliostemma''
(McCord, Joseph-Ouni, and Lamar 2001)
* ''
Mesoclemmys jurutiensis''
Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro, & Vogt
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, 2021
* ''
Mesoclemmys nasuta''
(Schweigger, 1812)[Schweigger, Augustus F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462.]
* ''
Mesoclemmys perplexa''
Bour & Zaher, 2005[Bour, Roger and Zaher, Hussam. 2005. A new species of ''Mesoclemmys'', from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae). ''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia'' 45:295–311.]
* ''
Mesoclemmys raniceps''
(Gray, 1856) - Amazon toad-headed turtle
[Gray, John Edward. 1856 ��1855” Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum, 79 pp. ublished Mar 1856]
* ''
Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis''
Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro, Vogt, Mittermeier, Rhodin & Andrade, 2022
* ''
Mesoclemmys tuberculata''
(Luederwaldt, 1926) - Tuberculate toad-headed turtle
[Luederwaldt, Hermann. 1926. Os chelonios brasileiros. ''Revista Museo Paulista'' 14:403–470.]
* ''
Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei''
(Bour, 1973) - Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle
[Bour, Roger. 1973. Contribution à la connaissance de ''Phrynops nasutus'' (Schweigger: 1812) et ''Phrynops tuberculatus'' (Luederwaldt: 1926). Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce originaire du Paraguay, ''Phrynops tuberculatus vanderhaegei'' (Testudinata – Pleurodira – Chelidae). ''Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France'' 98(1):175–190.]
* ''
Mesoclemmys zuliae''
(Pritchard and Trebbau, 1984) - Zulia toad-headed turtle
[Pritchard, Peter C.H. and Trebbau, Pedro 1984. The Turtles of Venezuela. ''Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles'', Contributions in Herpetology No. 2, 403 pp.]
* †''
Mesoclemmys vanegasorum''
(Cadena ''et al.'', 2020) -
La Victoria Formation,
Laventan
The Laventan ( es, Laventense) age is a period of geologic time (13.8 to 11.8 Ma) within the Middle Miocene epoch of the Neogene, used more specifically within the SALMA classification in South America. It follows the Colloncuran and precedes th ...
Colombia
References
Turtle genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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