Rhinoclemmys punctularia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Rhinoclemmydinae
Genus: Rhinoclemmys
Species: Rhinoclemmys punctularia
Name

Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801)
Original combination: Testudo punctularia
Source: Daudin 1801: 249 BHL
declared as nomen protectum by Rhodin; Carr 2009: 12

Synonyms

Testudo scabra Linnaeus, 1758
Holotype in UUZM
Type locality: "Indiis" [restricted to French Guyana, Cayenne by Rhodin; Carr 2009]
Authority for synonymy Rhodin; Carr 2009: 9
declared as nomen oblitum by Rhodin; Carr 2009: 12

References

Daudin, F.M. 1801: Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere, des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris, France: Dufart, 432 pp. BHL
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 198.
Rhodin, A.G.J.; Carr, J.L. 2009: A quarter millenium of uses and misuses of the turtle name Testudo scabra: Identification of the type specimens of T. scabra Linnaeus 1758 (= Rhinoclemmys punctularia) and T. scripta Thunberg in Schoepff 1792 (= Trachemys scripta scripta). Zootaxa, 2226: 1–18. Abstract & excerpt PDF

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Guayana-Erdschildkröte
English: Spot-legged turtle
日本語: アシポチヤマガメ
Nederlands: Zuid-Amerikaanse aardschildpad
português: Perema, Aperema
Tiếng Việt: Rùa chân đốm

The painted wood turtle or spot-legged wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae.

Distribution

The painted wood turtle can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.[1]

Subspecies

Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia[1]
Rhinoclemmys punctularia flammigera[1]

References

Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.115
Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 242

Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 245–246. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

Bibliography
Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.