Maracaibo wood turtle

The Maracaibo wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys diademata) is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Maracaibo wood turtle
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys
Species:	R. diademata
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys diademata (Mertens, 1954)
Synonyms
Geoemyda punctularia diademata Mertens, 1954 Callopsis punctularia diademata — H.M. Smith, R.B. Smith & Sawin, 1976 Rhinoclemmys punctularia diademata — Fretey, Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1977 Geomyda punctularia diademata — Ernst, 1978 Rhinoclemmys diademata — Pritchard, 1979 Rhinoclemys [sic] diademata — Pritchard, 1979

Geographic range

R. diademata is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (14 December 2010). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). At the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee and the German Agency for Nature Conservation and funded by the Museum für Tierkunde Dresden and the German Federal Ministry of Environment: 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.

Further reading

• Mertens R (1954). "Zur Kenntnis der Schildkrötenfauna Venezuelas ". Senckenbergiana Biologica 35 (1/2): 3-7. (Geoemyda punctularia diademata, new subspecies). (in German).