Mesoclemmys raniceps Gray 1856 (Amazon toad-headed turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae

Synonym: Batrachemys raniceps Gray 1856

Belongs to Mesoclemmys according to P. P. van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Mesoclemmys dahli, Mesoclemmys gibba, Mesoclemmys heliostemma, Mesoclemmys hogei, Mesoclemmys nasuta, Mesoclemmys perplexa, Mesoclemmys tuberculata, Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei, Mesoclemmys vanegasorum, Mesoclemmys zuliae, Batrachemys tuberculata, Batrachemys heliostemma, Batrachemys zuliae, Batrachemys dahli, Bufocephala vanderhaegei, Ranacephala hogei

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesoclemmys raniceps in the database

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