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Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia  (Daudin, 1801)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 949890

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Testudo verrucosa Suckow, 1798
  
    Testudo dorsata Schoepff, 1801
  
    Emys dorsualis Spix, 1824
  
    Rhinoclemys bellii Gray, 1863
  
    Geoclemys callocephalus Gray, 1863
  
    Rhinoclemys lunata Gray, 1873
  
    Rhinoclemys ventricosa Gray, 1873
  
  Common Name(s): Eastern Spot-legged Turtle [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1868  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Fitzinger, 1826  
                                  FamilyGeoemydidae Theobald, 1868  
                                     SubfamilyRhinoclemmydinae Gray, 1873  
                                        GenusRhinoclemmys Fitzinger, 1835 – Neotropical Wood Turtles  
                                           SpeciesRhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801) – Spot-legged Turtle  
                                              SubspeciesRhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia (Daudin, 1801) – Eastern Spot-legged Turtle  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Rhinoclemmys punctularia punctularia, Eastern Spot-legged Turtle [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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