Mesoclemmys gibba

Mesoclemmys gibba
Mesoclemmys gibba
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Subfamily:	Chelinae
Genus:	Mesoclemmys
Species:	M. gibba
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys gibba Schweigger, 1812[1]
Synonyms[2]
Species Synonymy Emys gibba Schweigger, 1812 Emys stenops Spix, 1824 Hydraspis stenops Bell, 1828 Rhinemys gibba Wagler, 1830 Hydraspis cayennensis gibba Gray, 1831 Platemys gibba Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Platemys miliusii Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Hydraspis (Podocnemis) gibba Fitzinger, 1835 Phrynops miliusii Gray, 1844 Phrynops gibbus Diesing, 1850 Hydraspis miliusii Gray, 1856 Hydraspis gordoni Gray, 1868 Hydraspis bicolor Gray, 1873 Mesoclemmys gibba Gray, 1873 Mesoclemys gibba Orcés, 1949 Mesoclemys giba Donoso-Barros, 1956 (ex errore) Phrynops (Mesoclemmys) gibba Medem, 1960 Mesoclemmys gibbus Richard, 1999

Mesoclemmys gibba, known as the toadhead turtle or gibba turtle, is a small side necked turtle found in a wide area of South America, in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil.

References

1. Schweigger, A.F. 1812. Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger. Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem., 1: 271-368, 406-458.
2. Uwe Fritz & Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 263–264. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010.