| Brown wood turtle |
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Illustration of Rhinoclemmys annulata
by G.H. Ford
from Gray's original description. |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Testudines |
| Suborder: |
Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: |
Testudinoidea |
| Family: |
Geoemydidae |
| Genus: |
Rhinoclemmys |
| Species: |
R. annulata |
| Binomial name |
Rhinoclemmys annulata
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| Synonyms |
- Geoclemmys annulata
Gray, 1860
- Clemmys annulata
— Strauch, 1862
- Rhinoclemys (Callopsis) annulata
— Gray, 1863
- Chelopus annulatus
— Cope, 1865
- Rhinoclemmys annulata
— Gray, 1870
- Chelopus gabbii
Cope, 1876
- Emys gabbi [sic]
Günther, 1885 (ex errore)
- Nicoria annulata
— Boulenger, 1889
- Nicoria gabbii
— Boulenger, 1889
- Geoemyda annulata
— Siebenrock, 1909
- Geoemyda gabbii
— Siebenrock, 1909
- Rhinoclemmys gabbii
— Allee, 1926
- Geoamyda annulata
— Park, Barden & Williams, 1940
- Geoemyda annulaia [sic]
Medem, 1958 (ex errore)
- Geoemyda gabbi
— Pritchard, 1967
- Callopsis annulata
— H.M. Smith, R.B. Smith &
Sawin, 1976
- Rhinoclemmys angulata [sic]
Highfield, 1996 (ex errore)
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The brown wood turtle or brown land turtle (Rhinoclemmys annulata) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to Central America and northern South America.