Painted wood turtle

Painted wood turtle
Incised Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa
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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