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Mesoclemmys

{{Short description|Genus of turtles}}

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| image = Mesoclemmys gibba.jpg

| image_caption = Mesoclemmys gibba

| taxon = Mesoclemmys

| authority = Gray, 1873Gray, J.E. (1873). "Observations on Chelonians, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 11: 289–308.

| synonyms = *Mesoclemmys Gray, 1873:305

  • Batrachemys Stejneger, 1909:126Stejneger, Leonhard (1909). "Generic Names of Some Chelyid Turtles". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22: 125–127.
  • Bufocephala McCord, Joseph-Ouni, and Lamar 2001:715McCord, William P.; Joseph-Ouni, Mehdi; Lamar, William W. (2001). "A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys ". Revista de Biología Tropical 49 (2): 715–764.
  • Ranacephala McCord, Joseph-Ouni, and Lamar 2001:715

| synonyms_ref = Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.] (2014). "Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status". In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) (2014). "Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group". [http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v7_2014.pdf Chelonian Research Monographs 5 (7): 000.329–479], doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.

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Mesoclemmys is a genus of South American turtles in the family Chelidae.

Species

Species include:

  • Mesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958) – Dahl's toad-headed turtleZangerl, R.; Medem, F. (1958). "A New Species of Chelid Turtle, Phrynops (Batrachemys) dahli, from Colombia". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 119: 375–390
  • Mesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812) – Gibba turtleSchweigger, A.F. (1812). "Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger ". Königsberger Archiv Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271–368, 406–462. (in Latin).
  • Mesoclemmys heliostemma (McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar, 2001)
  • Mesoclemmys jurutiensis Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro & Vogt, 2021{{cite journal|author=Cunha, Fábio A.G. |author2=Sampaio, Iracilda |author3=Carneiro, Jeferson |author4=Vogt, Richard C. |year=2021 |title= A New Species of Amazon Freshwater Toad-Headed Turtle in the Genus Mesoclemmys (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Brazil |journal=Chelonian Conservation and Biology |volume=20|issue=2|page= 151-166 |doi=10.2744/CCB-1448.1|s2cid= 245355505}}
  • Mesoclemmys nasuta (Schweigger, 1812)
  • Mesoclemmys perplexa Bour & Zaher, 2005Bour, Roger; Zaher, Hussam (2005). "A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 45: 295–311.
  • Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray, 1856) – Amazon toad-headed turtleGray, John Edward (1856) [“1855”]. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). 79 pp. + Plates I–XLII. [Published March 1856].
  • Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro, Vogt, Mittermeier, Rhodin & Andrade, 2022{{Cite journal |url=https://meridian.allenpress.com/ccb/article-abstract/doi/10.2744/CCB-1524.1/489299/A-New-South-American-Freshwater-Turtle-of-the |access-date=2022-12-24 |journal=Chelonian Conservation and Biology |doi=10.2744/CCB-1524.1 |title=A New South American Freshwater Turtle of the Genus Mesoclemmys from the Brazilian Amazon (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) |year=2022 |last1=Cunha |first1=Fábio A.G. |last2=Sampaio |first2=Iracilda |last3=Carneiro |first3=Jeferson |last4=Vogt |first4=Richard C. |last5=Mittermeier |first5=Russell A. |last6=Rhodin |first6=Anders G.J. |last7=Andrade |first7=Marcelo C. |volume=21 |issue=2 |s2cid=255226448 |url-access=subscription }}
  • Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Luederwaldt, 1926) – Tuberculate toad-headed turtleLuederwaldt, Hermann (1926). "Os chelonios brasileiros ". Revista Museo Paulista 14: 403–470. (in Portuguese).
  • Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour, 1973) – Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtleBour, Roger (1973). "Contribution à la connaissance de Phrynops nasutus (Schweigger: 1812) et Phrynops tuberculatus (Luederwaldt: 1926). Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce originaire du Paraguay, Phrynops tuberculatus vanderhaegei (Testudinata – Pleurodira – Chelidae)". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 98 (1): 175–190. (in French).
  • Mesoclemmys zuliae (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Zulia toad-headed turtlePritchard, Peter C.H.; Trebbau, Pedro (1984). The Turtles of Venezuela. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Contributions in Herpetology No. 2. 403 pp.
  • †Mesoclemmys vanegasorum (Cadena et al., 2020) – La Victoria Formation, Laventan Colombia{{cite journal |first=Edwin-Alberto |last=Cadena |first2=Andrés |last2=Vanegas |first3=Carlos |last3=Jaramillo |first4=John M. |last4=Cottle |first5=Thomas A. |last5=Johnson |year=2020 |title=A new Miocene turtle from Colombia sheds light on the evolutionary history of the extant genus Mesoclemmys Gray, 1873 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=5 |pages=e1716777 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1716777}}

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mesoclemmys.

References

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