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- Title
The Presence of Mesoclemmys raniceps and Mesoclemmys nasuta in Venezuela and Comments on the Type Locality of Hydraspis maculata (Chelidae).
- Authors
Rivas, Gilson A.; Barros, Tito R.; Molina, Flavio de Barros; Trebbau, Pedro; Pritchard, Peter C.H.
- Abstract
Among the freshwater turtles recorded in Venezuela, 2 of the most enigmatic species for their scarcity and misleading distributional information are Mesoclemmys raniceps and Mesoclemmys nasuta. Based on the literature, only 3 records pertaining to these 2 species could confirm that they occur in Venezuela; however, a detailed study of the evidence demonstrates that the type of Hydraspis maculata (a synonym of M. raniceps), was not specifically collected in Venezuela and the other 2 records were an adult female of Mesoclemmys zuliae and a juvenile Mesoclemmys heliostemma. Our conclusion is that no records of M. nasuta or M. raniceps are known from Venezuela.
- Subjects
VENEZUELA; CHELODINA; TURTLES; FRESHWATER animals; ZOOGEOGRAPHY
- Publication
Chelonian Conservation & Biology, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 1, p104
- ISSN
1071-8443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2744/ccab-14-01-104-107.1