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Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Venezuela (SW Maracaibo basin)
Type locality: "Cano Madre Vieja near El Guayabo, Distrito Colon, Edo. Zulia, Venezuela (8°53'N, 72°30'W)

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Zulia toad-headed sideneck

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The Zulia toad-headed sideneck (Mesoclemmys zuliae), also known commonly as the Zulia toad-headed turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, zuliae, refers to the Venezuelan state of Zulia.^[5]

Geographic range

The type locality of M. zuliae is Cano Madre Vieja near El Guayabo, Distrito Colón, Zulia, Venezuela.^[6]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. zuliae is freshwater inland bodies of water.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). "Mesoclemmys zuliae (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T17083A97271125. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17083A6797773.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2021.
^ Pritchard, Peter C.H.; Trebbau, Pedro (1984). The Turtles of Venezuela. Contributions in Herpetology, Number 2. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 403 pp. (Phrynops zuliae, new species, pp. 135–142).
^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 340. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2012). "Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs (5): 000.243–000.328.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mesoclemmys zuliae, p. 294).
^ Mesoclemmys zuliae at the Reptile Database

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Zulia toad-headed sideneck: Brief Summary