The Mexican spotted wood turtle (''Rhinoclemmys rubida'') or Mexican spotted terrapin is a species of

turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked tu ...

in 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 ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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.

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Rhinoclemmys Turtles of North America Endemic reptiles of Mexico Jalisco dry forests Fauna of the Southern Pacific dry forests Near threatened biota of Mexico Near threatened fauna of North America Reptiles described in 1869 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Turtle-stub