Mesoclemmys raniceps

Mesoclemmys raniceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Pleurodira
Family:Chelidae
Genus:Mesoclemmys
Species: M. raniceps
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys raniceps
(Gray, 1856)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
List
  • Hydraspis raniceps Gray, 1856
  • Platemys raniceps Strauch, 1862
  • Phrynops walbaumi Fitzinger, 1904 (nomen nudum)
  • Phrynops wermuthi Mertens, 1969
  • Phrynops tuberculatus wermuthi Bour, 1973
  • Phrynops nasuta wermuthi Pritchard, 1979
  • Phrynops raniceps Bour & Pauler, 1987
  • Batrachemys raniceps Cabrera, 1998
  • Batrachemys raniceps raniceps Joseph-Ouni, 2004
  • Batrachemys raniceps wermuthi Joseph-Ouni, 2004
  • Mesoclemmys raniceps Bour & Zaher, 2005

Mesoclemmys raniceps is a side-necked turtle found on the both the Amazon basin, and Orinoco basin. Little information is known about the turtles life cycle but there is evidence that the females can lay a clutch of 4-8 eggs several times in the year[4]

References

  1. ↑ 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. [Published Mar 1856].
  2. ↑ Uwe Fritz & Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 263–264. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ http://www.herpetologynotes.seh-herpetology.org/Volume3_PDFs/Ferronato_et_al_Herpetology_Notes_Volume3_pages211-214.pdf


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