The Presence ofMesoclemmys ranicepsandMesoclemmys nasutain Venezuela and Comments on the Type Locality ofHydraspis maculata(Chelidae)

Rivas, Gilson A.; Barros, Tito R.; Molina, Flavio de Barros; Trebbau, Pedro; Pritchard, Peter C. H.

doi:10.2744/ccab-14-01-104-107.1

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“…Type locality: "Tropical America." Restricted to "S. America" by Gray (1873j:65); and to "Venezuela" by Boulenger (1889:219) and Pritchard and Trebbau (1984:127) [in error, see Rivas et al (2015)]. Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Luederwaldt 1926) Tuberculate Toad-headed Turtle Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour 1973) Vanderhaege's Toad-headed Turtle Mesoclemmys zuliae (Pritchard and Trebbau 1984) (12:40) Zulia Toad-headed Turtle Type locality: Not known.…”

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“…89. Mesoclemmys raniceps: Rivas et al (2015) discussed the alleged distribution of this species in Venezuela, concluding that of the three specimens recorded from there, two were misidentified, and one (the type specimen of Hydraspis maculata), was misidentified and incorrectly restricted to Venezuela. Hence, we delete Venezuela from the range of M. raniceps, and synonymize H. maculata under M. raniceps instead of under M. nasutus where it was previously placed.…”

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