Mesoclemmys is a genus of South American turtles in the family Chelidae.
Species
Species include:
- Mesoclemmys dahli <small>( & Medem, 1958)</small> â Dahl's toad-headed turtle
- Mesoclemmys gibba <small>(Schweigger, 1812)</small> â Gibba turtle
- Mesoclemmys heliostemma <small>(, & , 2001)</small>
- Mesoclemmys jurutiensis <small>, , & Vogt, 2021</small>
- Mesoclemmys nasuta <small>(Schweigger, 1812)</small>
- Mesoclemmys perplexa <small> & , 2005</small>
- Mesoclemmys raniceps <small>(Gray, 1856)</small> â Amazon toad-headed turtle
- Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis <small>Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro, Vogt, Mittermeier, & , 2022</small>
- Mesoclemmys tuberculata <small>(, 1926)</small> â Tuberculate toad-headed turtle
- Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei <small>(Bour, 1973)</small> â Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle
- Mesoclemmys zuliae <small>(Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984)</small> â Zulia toad-headed turtle
- â Mesoclemmys vanegasorum <small>( et al., 2020)</small> â La Victoria Formation, Laventan Colombia
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mesoclemmys.
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