Furrowed wood turtle

Furrowed wood turtle
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys
Species:	R. areolata
Binomial name
	Rhinoclemmys areolata; (Gray, 1860)
Synonyms
	Emys areolata Duméril & Bibron, 1851; Malaclemmys concentrica areolata Gray, 1856; Clemmys areolata Strauch, 1862; Malaclemys concentrica areolata Gray, 1863; Chelopus areolatus Cope, 1865; Nicoria punctularia var. areolata Boulenger, 1889; Geoemyda punctularia areolata Siebenrock, 1909; Geomyda punctularia areolata Ruthven, 1912; Geoemyda areolata Wettstein, 1934; Geomyda areolata Pearse, 1945; Rhinoclemys areolata McDowell, 1964; Rhinoclemmys areolata Smith & Taylor, 1966; Rhinoclemmys aereolata Hoffman, 1969 (ex errore); Callopsis areolata Smith & Smith, 1975; Chelopsus areolatus Ernst, 1980;

The furrowed wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys areolata) is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae found in the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent regions of Central America.

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