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Black River Turtle

Rhinoclemmys funerea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 134, February 108, March 153, April 71, May 64, June 59, July 39, August 53, September 22, October 56, November 44, December 80.
Costa Rica883
Provincia Heredia459
Provincia Limón195
Provincia Alajuela192
Provincia San José14
Provincia Cartago12
Panama12
Provincia de Bocas del Toro11
Provincia Guanacaste9
Provincia Puntarenas2

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyEurasian Pond, River, and Neotropical Wood Turtles · Geoemydidae
GenusNeotropical Wood Turtles · Rhinoclemmys

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