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Rhinoclemmys Punctularia Punctularia
''Rhinoclemmys'' is a genus of turtles in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae), the only genus in the subfamily Rhinoclemmydinae. Member species of the genus are commonly known as the Neotropical wood turtles and are the only geoemydids known from the Americas. As such, they have adapted to a wide range of habitats, which is reflected in the species' common names. Species The genus ''Rhinoclemmys'' contains the following extant and fossil species which are recognized as being valid: * ''R. annulata'' – brown wood turtle * ''R. areolata'' – furrowed wood turtle * ''R. diademata'' – Maracaibo wood turtle * ''R. funerea'' – black river turtle * ''R. melanosterna'' – Colombian wood turtle * ''R. nasuta'' – large-nosed wood turtle * ''R. pulcherrima'' – painted wood turtle * ''R. punctularia'' – spot-legged wood turtle * ''R. rubida'' – Mexican spotted wood turtle * †'' R. panamaensis'' - Hemingfordian - Cucaracha Formation, Panama ''Nota bene' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinoclemmys Pulcherrima
The ornate or painted wood turtle The Reptile Database (''Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima'') is one of nine of the '''' of the |
Furrowed Wood Turtle
The furrowed wood turtle (''Rhinoclemmys areolata'') is a species of turtle belonging to the genus ''Rhinoclemmys'' of the family Geoemydidae The Geoemydidae (formerly known as Bataguridae) are one of the largest and most diverse families in the order Testudines (turtles), with about 70 species. The family includes the Eurasian pond and river turtles and Neotropical wood turtles. Memb ... found in the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent regions of Central America. References Bibliography * * Rhinoclemmys Reptiles of Belize Reptiles of Guatemala Reptiles of Honduras Reptiles of Mexico Reptiles described in 1860 {{Turtle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Cadena
The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint * Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) (died 933) * Eadwine of Sussex (died 982), King of Sussex * Eadwine of Abingdon (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon * Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II) *Edwin (director) (born 1978), Indonesian filmmaker * Edwin (musician) (born 1968), Canadian musician * Edwin Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, member of the 1st and 2nd State Council of Ceylon * Edwin Ariyadasa (1922-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist * Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911) British artist * Edwin Eugene Aldrin (born 1930), although he changed it to Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut * Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), American inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinoclemmys Panamaensis
''Rhinoclemmys panamaensis'' is an extinct species of turtle belonging to the genus ''Rhinoclemmys'' of the family Geoemydidae known from the early to middle Miocene (Hemingfordian) Cucaracha Formation of the Panama Basin of central Panama. Paleoecology In 2010, the holotype specimen was recovered from the Cucaracha Formation located at the western side of the Centenario Bridge in the Panama Canal Zone. The same formation has provided fossils of the crocodylia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) and are the closest living ...n '' Centenariosuchus'', and the artiodactyl '' Paratoceras''.Rincón et al., 2015 References Bibliography * * * * {{Geoemydidae †panamaensis Miocene species first appearances Miocene species extinctions Burdigalian life Hemingfordian Neogene Panama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle
The Mexican spotted wood turtle (''Rhinoclemmys rubida'') or Mexican spotted terrapin is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. It is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... It inhabits the Pacific slope of southern Mexico, from sea level to 1350 meters elevation.van Dijk, P.P., Canseco-Marquez, L. & Muñoz, A. 2007. Rhinoclemmys rubida (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T19508A97376969. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T19508A8941198.en. Accessed 31 July 2022. There are two recognized subspecies. ''R. rubida rubida'' ranges inhabits Oaxaca and Chiapas, and ''R. rubida perixantha'' inhabits Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, and Guerrero. References Rhinoclemmys Turtles of North A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spot-legged Wood Turtle
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 Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th .... Subspecies *''Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia'' *''Rhinoclemmys punctularia flammigera'' References Bibliography * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2697046 Rhinoclemmys Turtles of South America Reptiles of Brazil Reptiles of French Guiana Reptiles of Guyana Reptiles of Suriname Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago Reptiles of Venezuela Reptiles described in 1801 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Marie Daudin
François Marie Daudin (; 29 August 1776 in Paris – 30 November 1803 in Paris) was a French zoologist. With legs paralyzed by childhood disease, he studied physics and natural history, but ended up being devoted to the latter. Daudin wrote ' (Complete and Elementary Treatise of Ornithology) in 1799–1800. It was one of the first modern handbooks of ornithology, combining Linnean binomial nomenclature with the anatomical and physiological descriptions of Buffon. While an excellent beginning, it was never completed. In 1800, he also published ''Recueil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes'' (Collection of memories and notes on new or little-known species of molluscs, worms and zoophytes). Daudin found his greatest success in herpetology. He published ''Histoire naturelle des reinettes, des grenouilles et des crapauds'' (Natural history of tree frogs, frogs and toads) in 1802, and ''Histoire naturelle, gé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painted Wood Turtle
The ornate or painted wood turtle The Reptile Database (''Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima'') is one of nine of the '''' of the |
Large-nosed Wood Turtle
The large-nosed wood turtle (''Rhinoclemmys nasuta'') is one of nine species of turtle in the genus ''Rhinoclemmys'' of the family Geoemydidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' .... References * Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996.''Rhinoclemmys nasuta'' 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 29 July 2007. Rhinoclemmys Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of Ecuador Reptiles described in 1902 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{turtle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the last 30 years of his life, especially in the study of roses. Life Boulenger was born in Brussels, Belgium, the only son of Gustave Boulenger, a Belgian public notary, and Juliette Piérart, from Valenciennes. He graduated in 1876 from the Free University of Brussels with a degree in natural sciences, and worked for a while at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, as an assistant naturalist studying amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. He also made frequent visits during this time to the ''Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' in Paris and the British Museum in London. In 1880, he was invited to work at the Natural History Museum, then a department of the British Museum, by Dr. Albert C. L. G. Günther a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombian Wood Turtle
The Colombian wood turtle (''Rhinoclemmys melanosterna'') is one of nine species of turtle belonging to the genus ''Rhinoclemmys'' of the family Geoemydidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co .... References Bibliography * * Rhinoclemmys Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of Ecuador Reptiles of Panama Reptiles described in 1861 {{Turtle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black River Turtle
The black wood turtle (''Rhinoclemmys funerea''), or black river turtle is one of nine species of turtle in the genus ''Rhinoclemmys'', which is in the family Geoemydidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos .... References External links * Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996.''Rhinoclemmys funerea'' 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007. Rhinoclemmys Reptiles described in 1875 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{turtle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
