Mesoclemmys gibba

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Mesoclemmys gibba
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Mesoclemmys gibba
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M. gibba
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys gibba
Schweigger, 1812[1]
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Species Synonymy
  • Emys gibba Schweigger, 1812
  • Emys stenops Spix, 1824
  • Hydraspis stenops Bell, 1828
  • Rhinemys gibba Wagler, 1830
  • Hydraspis cayennensis gibba Gray, 1831
  • Platemys gibba Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Platemys miliusii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Hydraspis (Podocnemis) gibba Fitzinger, 1835
  • Phrynops miliusii Gray, 1844
  • Phrynops gibbus Diesing, 1850
  • Hydraspis miliusii Gray, 1856
  • Hydraspis gordoni Gray, 1868
  • Hydraspis bicolor Gray, 1873
  • Mesoclemmys gibba Gray, 1873
  • Mesoclemys gibba Orcés, 1949
  • Mesoclemys giba Donoso-Barros, 1956 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops (Mesoclemmys) gibba Medem, 1960
  • Mesoclemmys gibbus Richard, 1999

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Mesoclemmys gibba, known as the toadhead turtle or gibba turtle, is a small side necked turtle found in a wide area of South America, in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil.

References

  1. Schweigger, A.F. 1812. Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger. Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem., 1: 271-368, 406-458.
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