The Zulia toad-headed sideneck (''Mesoclemmys zuliae''), also known
commonly as the Zulia toad-headed turtle, is a
species of
turtle in the
family Chelidae
Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. The family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia, and throughout most of South Amer ...
. The species is
endemic to
Venezuela.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''zuliae'', refers to the Venezuelan state of
Zulia.
Geographic range
The
type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation ...
of ''M. zuliae'' is Cano Madre Vieja near El Guayabo, Distrito Colón, Zulia, Venezuela.
''Mesoclemmys zuliae''
at the Reptile Database
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''M. zuliae'' is freshwater inland bodies of water.[
]
References
Further reading
* Bour R, Zaher H (2005). "A new species of ''Mesoclemmys'', from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae)". ''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo'' 45 (24): 295–311. (''Mesoclemmys zuliae'', new combination). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
* Rojas-Runjaic FJM (2009). "Mesoclemmys zuliae – ''Die geheimnisvolle Krötenkopfschildkröte aus dem Süden des Maracaibo-Sees'' ". ''Reptilia, Münster'' 14 (80): 34–39. (in German).
* Vargas-Ramírez M, Michaels J, Castaño-Mora OV, Cárdenas-Arevalo G (2012). "Weak genetic divergence between the two South American toad-headed turtles ''Mesoclemmys dahli'' and ''M. zuliae'' (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae)". ''Amphibia-Reptilia'' 33 (3/4): 373–385.
zuliae
Turtles of South America
Reptiles of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Reptiles described in 1984
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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