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Mesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Reptilia
order
Testudines
family
Chelidae
genus
Mesoclemmys
species
Mesoclemmys dahli

Name

Synonyms
Batrachemys dahli Bonin Et Al, 2006
Phrynops dahli Ernst & Barbour, 1989
Phrynops dahli Zangerl & Medem, 1958
Homonyms
Mesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958)
Common names
Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle in English
Dahl’s Toadhead Turtle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. (2006) Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
  2. Bour, R. & Zaher, H. (2005) A NEW SPECIES OF MESOCLEMMYS, FROM THE OPEN FORMATIONS OF NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL (CHELONII, CHELIDAE).: Pap. Avul. Zool. 45 (24): 295-311
  3. Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989) Turtles of the World.: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
  4. Forero-Medina, German; Gladys Cardenas-Arevalo, and Olga V. Castano-Mora (2012) Habitat Modeling of Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle (Mesoclemmys dahli) in Colombia.: Herp. Cons. Biology 7 (3):
  5. Forrero-Medina, German, Natalia Gallego and Ruben Palacios. (2014) Working to conserve Colombia's most imperiled Turtle Species.: Turtle Survival 2014: 58-61
  6. McCord, W. P., Joseph-Ouni, M.i & W. W. Lamar (2001) A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys.: Revista de Biologia Tropical 49 (2): 715-764
  7. McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Ouni, M. (2002) Chelonian illustrations #1: South American Toadhead Turtles.: Reptilia (GB) (21): 34-38
  8. Medina, Germán Forero; Gladys Cárdenas-Arevalo, and Olga Victoria Castaño-Mora (2011) Abundance, Home Range, and Movement Patterns of the Endemic Species Dahl's Toad-Headed Turtle (Mesoclemmys dahli) in Cesar, Colombia.: Chelonian Conservation and Biology Dec 2011, Vol. 10, No. 2: 228-236.
  9. TTWG; Dijk, Peter Paul van; John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer; Roger Bour & Anders G.J. Rhodin [turtle taxonomy working group] (2011) Turtles of the World, 2011 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status.: Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5: 78 pp.; doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v4.2011
  10. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  11. Vargas-Ramírez, M., J. Michaels, et al. (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
  12. Zangerl, R., and F. Medem. (1958) A new species of chelid turtle, Phrynops (Batrachemys) dahli, from Colombia.: Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 119: 375-390
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