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Rhinoclemmys annulata (GRAY, 1860)

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Higher TaxaGeoemydidae (Rhinoclemmydinae), Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brown Wood Turtle
G: Braune Erdschildkröte
Dutch: bruine aardschildpad 
SynonymGeoclemmys annulata GRAY 1860: 148
Chelops gabbii COPE 1876
Emys gabbi — GÜNTHER 1885: 7
Nicoria annulata BOULENGER 1889
Nicoria gabbii — BOULENGER 1889
Geoemyda annulata — SIEBENROCK 1909
Rhinoclemmys annulata — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 179
Rhinoclemmys annulata — KING & BURKE 1989
Rhinoclemmys annulata — KÖHLER 2000: 22
Chelopus annulatus — YASUKAWA et al. 2001 (fide SCHILDE 2004)
Rhinoclemmys annulata — TTWG 2014
Rhinoclemmys annulata — TTWG 2021 
DistributionSE Honduras, E Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, W Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca), Ecuador

Type locality: "Esmeraldas, Ecuador".  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.1.22.56, 1947.3.5.58 and 1947.3.5.59.
Holotype: USNM 45905 [Chelopus gabbii] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1950 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the diminutive form (“annul-”) of Latin “anus” = ring, and probably refers to the growth rings on the carapace. 
References
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  • Carvajal-Cogollo, J.E.; L.E. Rojas-Murcia. & G. Cárdenas-Arévalo 2020. Reptiles del Caribe colombiano/ Reptiles of the Colombian Caribbean. Tunja: Editorial UPTC, 268 pp. - get paper here
  • Castro-Herrera, F. & Vargas-Salinas, F. 2008. Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277 - get paper here
  • Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2006. Turtles of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station with remarks on the diversity and distribution of the Testudines from Ecuador. Biota Neotropica 6 (1): 1-16 - get paper here
  • Ernst, C H 1981. Rhinoclemmys Fitzinger, Neotropical forest terrapins. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 274: 1-2 - get paper here
  • Ernst, C. H. 1980. Rhinoclemmys annulata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 250: 1-2. - get paper here
  • Fuentes, Rogemif; Aschcroft, Jesse; Erick Barría, Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Alexis Baules, Abel Batista, Eduardo Zambrano, Marcos Ponce 2023. Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): e18434 - get paper here
  • Giraldo, A. et al. 2013. Rhinoclemmys annulata. Catalogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 1(1): 31-34 - get paper here
  • Gray, J.E. 1860. Description of a new species of Geoclemmys from Ecuador. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 6: 148 - get paper here
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  • Grünewald, Ferry. 2015. Haltung und Vermehrung der Braunen Erdschildkröte, Rhinoclemmys annulata (Gray, 1860). Schildkröten im Fokus. 12 (2): 3-22.
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