Mexican spotted 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. rubida
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys rubida
(Cope, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chelopus rubidus Cope, 1870
  • Geoclemmys rubida Gray, 1870
  • Rhinoclemmys mexicana Gray, 1870
  • Chelopus mexicana Bocourt, 1876
  • Chelopus mexicanus Sumichrast, 1880
  • Emys mexicana Günther, 1885
  • Emys rubida Günther, 1885
  • Nicoria rubida Boulenger, 1889
  • Clemmys rubida Strauch, 1890
  • Nicoria rutila Gadow, 1905 (ex errore)
  • Geoemyda rubida Siebenrock, 1909
  • Geoemyda rubida rubida Mosimann & Rabb, 1953
  • Rhinoclemys rubida McDowell, 1964
  • Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Callopsis rubida rubida Smith & Smith, 1975
  • Rhinoclemys rubida rubida Pritchard, 1979
  • Chelopus rubidus rubidus Bour, 2002
  • Geoemyda rubida perixantha Mosimann & Rabb, 1953
  • Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Callopsis rubida perixantha Smith & Smith, 1975
  • Rhinoclemys rubida perixantha Pritchard, 1979
  • Rhinoclemmys rubida perixanthal Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 (ex errore)
  • Chelopus rubidus perixanthus Bour, 2002

The Mexican spotted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys rubida) or Mexican spotted terrapin is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.

It is endemic to Mexico. It inhabits the Pacific slope of southern Mexico, from sea level to 1350 meters elevation.[2]

There are two recognized subspecies. R. rubida rubida ranges inhabits Oaxaca and Chiapas, and R. rubida perixantha inhabits Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, and Guerrero.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 246–247. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
  2. 1 2 van Dijk, P.P., Canseco-Marquez, L. & Muñoz, A. 2007. Rhinoclemmys rubida (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T19508A97376969. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T19508A8941198.en. Accessed 31 July 2022.


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