Painted wood turtle | |
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Incised Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
Genus: | Rhinoclemmys |
Species: | R. pulcherrima |
Binomial name | |
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima (Gray, 1855) |
The Painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima), or Ornate wood turtle is a turtle species of the Rhinoclemmys genus in the family Geoemydidae. It is found in Mexico (from Sonora southwards) and Central America, up to Costa Rica.[1] There are four recognized subspecies.[2]
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