Hoge's side-necked turtle
Hoge's side-necked turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Chelinae |
Genus: | Mesoclemmys |
Species: | M. hogei |
Binomial name | |
Mesoclemmys hogei Mertens, 1967[2] | |
Synonyms[3][4] | |
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Hoge's sideneck turtle (Mesoclemmys hogei ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul and Itapemirim River basins in southeast Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, hogei, is in honor of Brazilian-born Belgian herpetologist Alphonse Richard Hoge.[6]
References
- ↑ IUCN World Conservation congress, 2016
- ↑ Mertens, Robert. 1967. "Bemerkenswerte Susswasserschildkröten aus Brasilien ". Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 71–82.
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 338. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin, Anders G.J. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
- ↑ 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 Biologia Tropical 49 (2): 715–764.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ranacephala hogei, p. 125).
Sources
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Phrynops hogei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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