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Mesoclemmys

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Mesoclemmys

Mesoclemmys gibba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Subfamily:	Chelinae
Genus:	Mesoclemmys Gray, 1873^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Mesoclemmys Gray, 1873:305^[1] Batrachemys Stejneger, 1909:126^[3] Bufocephala McCord, Joseph-Ouni, and Lamar 2001:715^[4] Ranacephala McCord, Joseph-Ouni, and Lamar 2001:715^[4]

Mesoclemmys is a genus of South American turtles in the family Chelidae.

Species

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Species include:

Mesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958) – Dahl's toad-headed turtle^[5]
Mesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812) – Gibba turtle^[6]
Mesoclemmys heliostemma (McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar, 2001)^[4]
Mesoclemmys jurutiensis Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro & Vogt, 2021^[7]
Mesoclemmys nasuta (Schweigger, 1812)^[6]
Mesoclemmys perplexa Bour & Zaher, 2005^[8]
Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray, 1856) – Amazon toad-headed turtle^[9]
Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro, Vogt, Mittermeier, Rhodin & Andrade, 2022^[10]
Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Luederwaldt, 1926) – Tuberculate toad-headed turtle^[11]
Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour, 1973) – Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle^[12]
Mesoclemmys zuliae (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Zulia toad-headed turtle^[13]
†Mesoclemmys vanegasorum (Cadena et al., 2020) – La Victoria Formation, Laventan Colombia^[14]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mesoclemmys.

References

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^ ^a ^b Gray, J.E. (1873). "Observations on Chelonians, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 11: 289–308.

^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.] (2014). "Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status". In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) (2014). "Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group". Chelonian Research Monographs 5 (7): 000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.

^ Stejneger, Leonhard (1909). "Generic Names of Some Chelyid Turtles". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22: 125–127.

^ ^a ^b ^c McCord, William P.; Joseph-Ouni, Mehdi; Lamar, William W. (2001). "A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys ". Revista de Biología Tropical 49 (2): 715–764.

^ Zangerl, R.; Medem, F. (1958). "A New Species of Chelid Turtle, Phrynops (Batrachemys) dahli, from Colombia". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 119: 375–390

^ ^a ^b Schweigger, A.F. (1812). "Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger ". Königsberger Archiv Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271–368, 406–462. (in Latin).

^ Cunha, Fábio A.G.; Sampaio, Iracilda; Carneiro, Jeferson; Vogt, Richard C. (2021). "A New Species of Amazon Freshwater Toad-Headed Turtle in the Genus Mesoclemmys (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Brazil". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 20 (2): 151-166. doi:10.2744/CCB-1448.1. S2CID 245355505.

^ Bour, Roger; Zaher, Hussam (2005). "A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 45: 295–311.

^ Gray, John Edward (1856) [“1855”]. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). 79 pp. + Plates I–XLII. [Published March 1856].

^ Cunha, Fábio A.G.; Sampaio, Iracilda; Carneiro, Jeferson; Vogt, Richard C.; Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Andrade, Marcelo C. (2022). "A New South American Freshwater Turtle of the Genus Mesoclemmys from the Brazilian Amazon (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae)". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 21 (2). doi:10.2744/CCB-1524.1. S2CID 255226448. Retrieved 2022-12-24.

^ Luederwaldt, Hermann (1926). "Os chelonios brasileiros ". Revista Museo Paulista 14: 403–470. (in Portuguese).

^ Bour, Roger (1973). "Contribution à la connaissance de Phrynops nasutus (Schweigger: 1812) et Phrynops tuberculatus (Luederwaldt: 1926). Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce originaire du Paraguay, Phrynops tuberculatus vanderhaegei (Testudinata – Pleurodira – Chelidae)". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 98 (1): 175–190. (in French).

^ Pritchard, Peter C.H.; Trebbau, Pedro (1984). The Turtles of Venezuela. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Contributions in Herpetology No. 2. 403 pp.

^ Cadena, Edwin-Alberto; Vanegas, Andrés; Jaramillo, Carlos; Cottle, John M.; Johnson, Thomas A. (2020). "A new Miocene turtle from Colombia sheds light on the evolutionary history of the extant genus Mesoclemmys Gray, 1873". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (5): e1716777. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1716777.

Side-necked turtle species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira

Acanthochelys

Chelus

Mesoclemmys

Phrynops

Platemys

Platemys platycephala

Ranacephala

Ranacephala hogei

Rhinemys

Rhinemys rufipes

Chelodininae

Chelodina

Chelydera

Macrochelodina

Chelodina oblonga

Elseya

Pelocomastes

Hanwarachelys

Elusor

Elusor macrurus

Emydura

Myuchelys

Rheodytes

Rheodytes leukops
†Rheodytes devisi

Hydromedusinae

Hydromedusa

Pseudemydurinae

Pseudemydura

Pseudemydura umbrina

Pelomedusidae

Pelomedusa

Pelomedusa subrufa

Pelusios

Podocnemididae

Erymnochelys

Erymnochelys madagascariensis

Peltocephalus

Peltocephalus dumerilianus

Podocnemis

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.

Testudines

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Order: Testudines

Genus

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Dermatemys

Kinosternidae

Testudinoidea

Emydidae	†Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys †Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur †Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis †Cymatholcus †Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus †Hadrianus †Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria †Megalochelys †Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis †Solitudo Stigmochelys †Stylemys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae

Trionychidae

†Basilochelys
†Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra †Chelydrops †Chelydropsis †Emarginachelys †Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys †Planiplastron †Protochelydra
†Nanhsiungchelyidae	†Anomalochelys †Basilemys †Jiangxichelys
†Protostegidae	†Alienochelys †Archelon †Atlantochelys †Bouliachelys †Calcarichelys †Cratochelone †Desmatochelys †Iserosaurus †Notochelone †Ocepechelon †Pneumatoarthrus †Protostega †Rhinochelys †Santanachelys †Terlinguachelys
	†Adocus †Argillochelys †Bashuchelys †Ctenochelys †Prionochelys †Toxochelys

Pleurodira

†Araripemydidae	†Araripemys
†Bothremydidae	†Araiochelys †Arenila †Azabbaremys †Bothremys †Cearachelys †Chedighaii †Chupacabrachelys †Eotaphrosphys †Foxemys †Galianemys †Ilatardia †Inaechelys †Itapecuruemys †Jainemys †Kinkonychelys †Kurmademys †Labrostochelys †Nigeremys †Phosphatochelys †Polysternon †Puentemys †Rosasia †Rhothonemys †Sankuchemys †Taphrosphys †Ummulisani †Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa †Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys †Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys †Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	†Albertwoodemys †Bauruemys †Brontochelys †Caninemys †Carbonemys †Cerrejonemys †Cordichelys Erymnochelys †Lapparentemys †Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis †Stupendemys
†Sahonachelyidae	†Sahonachelys †Sokatra

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

See also List of Testudines families

Taxon identifiers

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