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Rhinoclemmys funerea (Black Wood Turtle)

Synonyms: Chelopus funereus; Geoemyda costaricensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The black river turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea), or black wood turtle is one of nine species of turtle in the genus Rhinoclemmys, which is in the family Geoemydidae.It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhinoclemmys funerea

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.086 lbs (946 g)
Female Weight [1]  2.086 lbs (946 g)
Litter Size [1]  3

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    
Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean mangroves Bahamas, United Kingdom Neotropic Mangroves

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Prey / Diet

Ficus elastica (indian rubber fig)[2]
Ficus insipida[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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
♦ 2"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
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