Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae, Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801): distribution extension

Marcelia da Silva; Janete Diane Paranhos; Izabela Maria Resende; Larissa Barreto

doi:10.15560/7.1.75

Check List 7(1): 75-77, doi: 10.15560/7.1.75

Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae, Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801): distribution extension

Marcélia Basto da Silva, Izabela Maria de Castro Resende, Janete Diane Nogueira Paranhos, Larissa Barreto

Corresponding author: Marcélia Silva ( marceliabasto@gmail.com )

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Citation: da Silva M, Paranhos J, Resende I, Barreto L (2016) Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae, Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801): distribution extension. Check List 7(1): 75-77. https://doi.org/10.15560/7.1.75

Abstract

We report the first record of Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801) for Maranhão state, northeast Brazil. This record extends the geographical distribution of the species in ca. 689 km to the east from Vila Nova Vida (Maranhão).

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