Spot-legged wood turtle
{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
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| image = Rhinoclemmys punctularia.JPG
| image_caption =
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| genus = Rhinoclemmys
| species = punctularia
| authority = (Daudin, 1801){{harvnb|Rhodin|van Dijk|Iverson|Shaffer|Roger|2010|p=000.115}}{{harvnb|Fritz|Havaš|2007|pp=242}}
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =
| synonyms =
; Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia
- Testudo punctularia Daudin, 1801
- Testudo dorsata Schoepff, 1801
- Emys dorsata Schweigger, 1812
- Emys punctularia Schweigger, 1812
- Chersine punctularia Merrem, 1820
- Emys dorsualis Spix, 1824
- Clemmys dorsata Wagler, 1830
- Emys scabra Gray, 1831
- Chemelys verrucosa Rafinesque, 1832
- Clemmys (Clemmys) punctularia Fitzinger, 1835
- Callopsis dorsalis Gray, 1863 (ex errore)
- Callopsis scabra Gray, 1863
- Rhinoclemys bellii Gray, 1863
- Rhinoclemys scabra Gray, 1863
- Geoclemys callocephalus Gray, 1863
- Clemmys callocephala Strauch, 1865
- Chelopus punctularius Cope, 1865
- Geoclemmys callocephala Gray, 1870
- Geoclemmys callocephalus Gray, 1870
- Rhinoclemmys scabra Gray, 1870
- Rhinoclemmys bellii Gray, 1870
- Rhinoclemmys scabra var. bellii Gray, 1872
- Rhinoclemys callocephala Gray, 1873
- Rhinoclemys lunata Gray, 1873
- Rhinoclemys ventricosa Gray, 1873
- Nicoria punctularia Boulenger, 1889
- Geoemyda [punctularia] punctularia Siebenrock, 1909
- Geomyda punctularia Luederwaldt, 1926
- Emys puntularia Pearse, 1945 (ex errore)
- Geoemyda punctularia lunata Mertens, 1954
- Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia Fróes, 1957
- Rhinoclemys punctularia McDowell, 1964
- Callopsis punctularia lunata Smith, Smith & Sawin, 1976
- Callopsis punctularia punctularia Smith, Smith & Sawin, 1976
- Rhinoclemmys lunata Fretey, Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1977
- Rhinoclemmys punctularia Fretey, Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1977
- Rhinoclemmys punctularia lunata Fretey, Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1977
; Rhinoclemmys punctularia flammigera
- Rhinoclemmys punctularia flammigera Paolillo, 1985
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The painted wood turtle or spot-legged wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae.
Distribution
The painted wood turtle can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
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Subspecies
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite web |url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf |title=Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status |date=2010-12-14 |access-date=2010-12-15 |last1=Rhodin |first1=Anders G.J. |last2=van Dijk |first2=Peter Paul |last3=Iverson |first3=John B. |last4=Shaffer |first4=H. Bradley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf |title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World |date=2007-10-31 |access-date=2010-12-29 |last1=Fritz |first1=Uwe |last2=Havaš |first2=Peter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead }}
{{Geoemydidae}}
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Category:Turtles of South America
Category:Reptiles of French Guiana
Category:Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago