Mexican spotted wood turtle

Mexican spotted wood turtle
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys
Species:	R. rubida
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys rubida (Cope, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida Chelopus rubidus Cope, 1870 Geoclemmys rubida Gray, 1870 Rhinoclemmys mexicana Gray, 1870 Chelopus mexicana Bocourt, 1876 Chelopus mexicanus Sumichrast, 1880 Emys mexicana Günther, 1885 Emys rubida Günther, 1885 Nicoria rubida Boulenger, 1889 Clemmys rubida Strauch, 1890 Nicoria rutila Gadow, 1905 (ex errore) Geoemyda rubida Siebenrock, 1909 Geoemyda rubida rubida Mosimann & Rabb, 1953 Rhinoclemys rubida McDowell, 1964 Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida Smith & Taylor, 1966 Callopsis rubida rubida Smith & Smith, 1975 Rhinoclemys rubida rubida Pritchard, 1979 Chelopus rubidus rubidus Bour, 2002 Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha Geoemyda rubida perixantha Mosimann & Rabb, 1953 Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha Smith & Taylor, 1966 Callopsis rubida perixantha Smith & Smith, 1975 Rhinoclemys rubida perixantha Pritchard, 1979 Rhinoclemmys rubida perixanthal Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 (ex errore) Chelopus rubidus perixanthus Bour, 2002

The Mexican spotted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys rubida) or Mexican spotted terrapin is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.

It is endemic to Mexico.

Sources

• Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Rhinoclemmys rubida. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

Turtle family Geoemydidae
Genus	Species of the family Geoemydidae
Batagur	Burmese roofed turtle Northern river terrapin Painted terrapin Red-crowned roofed turtle Southern river terrapin Three-striped roofed turtle
Cuora	Amboina box turtle Bourret's box turtle Indochinese box turtle McCord's box turtle Keeled box turtle Pan's box turtle Southern Vietnamese box turtle Chinese three-striped box turtle Yellow-headed box turtle Yellow-margined box turtle Yunnan box turtle Zhou's box turtle
Cyclemys	Asian leaf turtle Assam leaf turtle Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle Enigmatic leaf turtle Myanmar brown leaf turtle Oldham's leaf turtle Western black-bridged leaf turtle
Geoclemys	Black pond turtle
Geoemyda	Black-breasted leaf turtle Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle
Hardella	Brahminy river turtle
Heosemys	Arakan forest turtle Giant Asian pond turtle Spiny turtle Yellow-headed temple turtle
Leucocephalon	Sulawesi forest turtle
Malayemys	Malayan snail-eating turtle Mekong snail-eating turtle
Mauremys	Balkan pond turtle Caspian turtle Chinese pond turtle Chinese stripe-necked turtle Japanese pond turtle Red-necked pond turtle Spanish pond turtle Vietnamese pond turtle Yellow pond turtle
Melanochelys	Indian black turtle Tricarinate hill turtle
Morenia	Burmese eyed turtle Indian eyed turtle
Notochelys	Malayan flat-shelled turtle
Orlitia	Malaysian giant turtle
Pangshura	Assam roofed turtle Brown roofed turtle Indian roofed turtle Indian tent turtle
Rhinoclemmys	Black river turtle Brown wood turtle Colombian wood turtle Furrowed wood turtle Large-nosed wood turtle Maracaibo wood turtle Mexican spotted wood turtle Painted wood turtle Spot-legged turtle
Sacalia	Beal's eyed turtle Four-eyed turtle
Siebenrockiella	Black marsh turtle Philippine forest turtle
Vijayachelys	Cane turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist.