Mesoclemmys heliostemma

Mesoclemmys heliostemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Mesoclemmys
Species:	M. heliostemma
Binomial name
	Mesoclemmys heliostemma; (McCord et al., 2001)[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Batrachemys heliostemma McCord et al., 2001;

Mesoclemmys heliostemma is a species of turtle. They are endemic to South America, with reports in Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Acre). The type locality of the species is the base of Pico da Neblina, on the Brazilian-Venezuelan border.[3]

References

McCord, William P., Joseph-Ouni, Mehdi, and Lamar, William W. 2001. A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys. Revista de Biología Tropical49(2):715–764.
Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
Mesoclemmys heliostemma in the Reptile Database

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[mccord01-1] McCord, William P., Joseph-Ouni, Mehdi, and Lamar, William W. 2001. A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys. Revista de Biología Tropical49(2):715–764.

[crm5-2] Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.

[3] Mesoclemmys heliostemma in the Reptile Database