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Rhinoclemmys rubida (COPE, 1870)

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Higher TaxaGeoemydidae (Rhinoclemmydinae), Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
SubspeciesRhinoclemmys rubida rubida (COPE 1870)
Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha (MOSIMANN & RABB 1953) 
Common NamesE: Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle
S: Casco Amarillo 
SynonymChelopus rubidus COPE 1870: 148
Emys rubida — GÜNTHER 1885: 8
Nicoria rubida — BOULENGER 1889
Geoemyda rubida — SIEBENROCK 1909
Rhinoclemmys rubida — LINER 1994
Rhinoclemmys rubida — KÖHLER 2000: 22
Chelopus rubidus — YASUKAWA et al. 2001 (fide SCHILDE 2004)
Rhinoclemmys rubida — TTWG 2014
Rhinoclemmys rubida — TTWG 2021

Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida (COPE 1870)
Rhinoclemmys mexicana GRAY 1870
Rhinoclemmys mexicana — GRAY 1873: 145
Geoemyda rubida rubida — MOSIMANN & RABB 1953
Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida — LINER 1994
Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida — TTWG 2014
Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida — TTWG 2021

Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha MOSIMANN & RABB 1953
Geoemyda rubida perixantha MOSIMANN & RABB 1953
Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha — CAMARILLO-RANGEL 1983
Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha — KLUGE 1984
Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha — LINER 1994
Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha — TTWG 2014
Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha — TTWG 2021 
DistributionMexico (lowlands of Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Chiapas, W Guerrero)

Type locality: "Tuchitan, Tehuantepec, Mexico" (=Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mexico).

perixantha: Mexico (Colima, México); Type locality: 8 km S Tecomán, Colima.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 45612, 45613, 45614, and ANSP 285, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341; though Cope only noted 4 specimens, numbered 264-67, in the original description.
Holotype: UMMZ 80336 [perixantha] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyThe name rubida is derived from the Latin rubidus meaning reddish and probably refers to the light markings on the skin.

The subspecific name perixantha is derived from the Greek peri meaning around and Greek xanthos meaning yellow and refers to the yellowish marginals. 
References
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