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Higher TaxaChelidae, Chelinae, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tuberculate Toadhead Turtle
Portuguese: Cágado, Cágado-D'água, Cágado-do-Nordeste, Cágado-Caramujeiro 
SynonymRhinemys tuberculata LUEDERWALDT 1926
Phrynops tuberculatus — BOUR & PAULER 1987: 9
Phrynops (Batrachemys) tuberculatus — ALDERTON 1988
Phrynops tuberculatus — KING & BURKE 1989
Phrynops tuberculatus — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 56
Batrachemys tuberculata — MCCORD et al. 2001
Batrachemys tuberculata — MCCORD & JOSEPH-OUNI 2002
Phrynops tuberculatus — RODRIGUES 2003
Batrachemys tuberculata — SOUZA 2004
Mesoclemmys tuberculata — BOUR & ZAHER 2005
Batrachemys (Phrynops) tuberculatus — BONIN et al 2006
Mesoclemmys tuberculata — VAN DIJK et al. 2011
Phrynops (Batrachemys) tuberculata — PHILIPPEN 2012
Mesoclemmys tuberculata — TTWG 2021 
DistributionE Brazil (Rio San Francisco drainage, Rio Parana, Piauí, Sergipe, S Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte)

Type locality: Villa Nova, Bahia, Brazil  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesSyntypes: MZUSP 43, 81 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2736 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor a color illustration and distribution map see MCCORD & JOSEPH-OUNI 2002.

Distribution: Not in Paraguay, only the former subspecies, now Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (fide Cacciali et al. 2016).

Habitat: freshwater (rivers, swamps) 
EtymologyNamed after Latin tuberculata, having small swellings; bumps; protuberances; excrescences; tumors. (Luederwaldt 1926, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
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