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    Species Accepted

    Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801)

    Spot-legged Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Rhinoclemmys
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      28 results
      Aperema Portuguese
      Cágado Portuguese
      Eastern Spot-legged Turtle
      Guayana-Erdschildkröte German
      Guyana-skovskildpadde Danish
      Jabuti-Aperema Portuguese
      Jurará Portuguese
      Morrocoy-negro Spanish
      Muçuã Portuguese
      Perema Portuguese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      65 results
      Fretey, J.; M.S. Hoogmoed, J. Lescure. (1977). Etude taxinomique de Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia (Daudin) (Testudinata, Emydidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 52: 63-80.
      Bonini-Domingos, C.R.; M.B. Silva, R.M. Romero, P.J.A. Zamaro, L.S. Ondei, C.E.S. Zago, S.B. Moreira and C.G. Salgado. (2007). Description of electrophoretic and chromatographic hemoglobin profile of Rhinoclemmys punctularia. Genetics and Molecular Research 6 (2): 415-421.
      Vaz-Silva, W.; RM Oliveira, AFN Gonzaga, KC Pinto, FC Poli, TM Bilce, M Penhacek, L Wronski, JX Martins, TG Junqueira, LCC, Cesca VY, Guimarães RD. Pinheiro. (2015). Contributions to the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from Volta Grande do Xingu, northern Brazil. Braz. J. Biol., 75 (3) (Suppl.): S205-S218.
      Bour, R. (2007). The type specimens of Rhinoclemmys areolata (Duméril & Bibron, 1851), R. pulcherrima incisa (Bocourt, 1868), and R. punctularia (Daudin, 1801). Emys 14 (2): 28-34.
      Silva, M. B. d., & Wáldima Alves da Rocha, J. D. N.-P. (2016). Checklist of reptiles of the Amazonia-Caatinga-Cerrado ecotonal zone in eastern Maranhão, Brazil. Herpetology Notes 9: 7-14.
      Oliveira, Jane C.F.; Rodrigo Castellari Gonzalez; Paulo Passos; Davor Vrcibradic & Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha. (2020). Non-Avian Reptiles of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: status of knowledge and commented list. Pap. Avulsos Zool. 60: E20206024.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      Daudin, F. M. (1801). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; ouvrage faisant suit à l’Histoire naturell générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigee par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Vol. 2. F. Dufart, Paris, 432 Pp. [Publication Date Fide Harper 1940].
      Harper, & Francis. (1940). Some works of Bartram, Daudin, Latreille, and Sonnini, and their bearing upon North American herpetological nomenclature. American Midland Naturalist 23 (3): 692-723.
      Paolillo O., A. (1985). Description of a new subspecies of the turtle Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin) (Testudines: Emydidae) from southern Venezuela. Amphibia-Reptilia 6: 293-305.

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