Zulia toad-headed sideneck
Zulia toad-headed sideneck | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Chelinae |
Genus: | Mesoclemmys |
Species: | M. zuliae |
Binomial name | |
Mesoclemmys zuliae (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984)[1] | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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The Zulia toad-headed sideneck or Zulia toad-headed turtle (Mesoclemmys zuliae) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.
Sources
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uwe, Fritz; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 340. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Mesoclemmys zuliae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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