Mesoclemmys gibba

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| genus = Mesoclemmys

| species = gibba

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

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• 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.