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Species of turtle
Mesoclemmys gibba
Mesoclemmys gibba
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Testudines
Suborder:
Pleurodira
Family:
Chelidae
Genus:
Mesoclemmys
Species:
M. gibba
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys gibba
Synonyms
[2]
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
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.
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