Maracaibo wood turtle explained
The Maracaibo wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys diademata) is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.
Geographic range
R. diademata is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
Bibliography
- Web site: 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 . 15 December 2010 . 17 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf . dead.
- Fritz . Uwe . Havaš . Peter . 2007 . Checklist of Chelonians of the World . 1864-5755 . 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 . Vertebrate Zoology . 57 . 2 . 149–368 . 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . free .
Further reading
- Mertens R (1954). "Zur Kenntnis der Schildkrötenfauna Venezuelas ". Senckenbergiana Biologica 35 (1/2): 3-7. (Geoemyda punctularia diademata, new subspecies). (in German).