Mesoclemmys raniceps is a side-necked turtle found in the Amazon basin and Orinoco basin. Little is known about the turtle's life cycle, but there is evidence that the females can lay a clutch of 4-8 eggs several times in the year. Males are usually smaller than females in length. Males can be distinguished from females by the prominent white scales they have on the external border of their skin which cover the tibia. Mesoclemmys raniceps can be identified by the black stripe on each side of their head which extends from the snout through the eyes and ends at the exterior end, the tympani.[4]
^Gray, John Edward. 1856 [“1855”]. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum, 79 pp. [Published Mar 1856].
^Uwe Fritz & Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 263–264. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2011.
^Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2015-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
and 22 Related for: Mesoclemmys raniceps information
Mesoclemmysraniceps is a side-necked turtle found in the Amazon basin and Orinoco basin. Little is known about the turtle's life cycle, but there is evidence...
Mesoclemmys nasuta is a species of turtle that lives in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the Guyanas (north-eastern South America). A study found that...
Mesoclemmys gibba, known as the toadhead turtle or gibba turtle, is a small side necked turtle found in a wide area of South America, in Peru, Ecuador...
Mesoclemmys tuberculata is a species of turtle. It is found in northeastern Brazil. Luederwaldt, Hermann. 1926. Os chelonios brasileiros. Revista Museo...
Acanthochelys Gray, 1873 – South American side-necked swamp turtles Genus Mesoclemmys – including gibba turtle Genus Phrynops – toad-headed turtles Genus Platemys...
Mesoclemmys perplexa is a species of turtle from Northeast Brazil. Bour, Roger and Zaher, Hussam. 2005. A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations...
Global Information