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Mesoclemmys dahli (Dahl’s Toadhead Turtle; Dahl’s Toadhead Turtle)

Synonyms: Batrachemys dahli; Phrynops dahli

Wikipedia Abstract

Dahl's toad-headed turtle (Mesoclemmys dahli ) is a medium-sized species of side-necked turtle in the Chelidae family. This freshwater turtle is endemic to small pools, streams, and swamps in northern Colombia, but it aestivates on land.
View Wikipedia Record: Mesoclemmys dahli

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Mesoclemmys dahli

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.713 lbs (777 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.713 lbs (777 g)
Litter Size [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [2]  27 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Magdalena-Urabá moist forests Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0