Reptiles › Eurasian Pond, River, and Neotropical Wood Turtles
Furrowed Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys areolata
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Pond SliderTrachemys scripta
Yucatán Box TurtleTerrapene yucatana
Common Box TurtleTerrapene carolina
Painted Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys pulcherrima
Mesoamerican SliderTrachemys venusta
Black River TurtleRhinoclemmys funerea
Red-cheeked Mud TurtleKinosternon cruentatum
Mexican Mud TurtleKinosternon integrum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 667 |
|---|---|
| Quintana Roo | 349 |
| Yucatan | 180 |
| Campeche | 105 |
| Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 14 |
| Tabasco | 10 |
| Chiapas | 8 |
| Guatemala | 8 |
| Petén | 8 |
| Oaxaca | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Reptiles · Reptilia |
| Order | Turtles and Tortoises · Testudines |
| Family | Eurasian Pond, River, and Neotropical Wood Turtles · Geoemydidae |
| Genus | Neotropical Wood Turtles · Rhinoclemmys |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Furrowed Wood Turtle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.