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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTestudines
  4. OrderTestudines
  5. FamilyChelidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded1,481

中龜屬(Mesoclemmys)是蛇頸龜科下的一個屬,該屬的龜主要生活在南美洲。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
With media
4
Family
Chelidae
Collections
MCZ, CM, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ
Recorded in
Brazil, Brasil

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Parent taxon
Chelinae
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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 turtle Mesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812) – Gibba turtle Mesoclemmys heliostemma (McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar, 2001) Mesoclemmys jurutiensis Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro & Vogt, 2021 Mesoclemmys nasuta (Schweigger, 1812) Mesoclemmys perplexa Bour & Zaher, 2005 Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray, 1856) – Amazon toad-headed turtle Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro, Vogt, Mittermeier, Rhodin & Andrade, 2022 Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Luederwaldt, 1926) – Tuberculate toad-headed turtle Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour, 1973) – Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle Mesoclemmys zuliae (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Zulia toad-headed turtle †Mesoclemmys vanegasorum (Cadena et al., 2020) – La Victoria Formation, Laventan Colombia

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