Maracaibo wood turtle

Maracaibo wood turtle
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys
Species:	R. diademata
Binomial name
	Rhinoclemmys diademata; (Mertens, 1954)[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Geoemyda punctularia diademata ; Mertens, 1954; Callopsis punctularia diademata ; — H.M. Smith, R.B. Smith & ; Sawin, 1976; Rhinoclemmys punctularia diademata ; — Fretey, Hoogmoed & ; Lescure, 1977; Geomyda punctularia diademata ; — Ernst, 1978; Rhinoclemmys diademata ; — Pritchard, 1979; Rhinoclemys [sic] diademata ; — Pritchard, 1979;

The Maracaibo wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys diademata) is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Geographic range

R. diademata is found in Colombia and Venezuela.[2]

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