Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Geoemydidae > Rhinoclemmys > Rhinoclemmys nasuta

Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Large-nosed Wood Turtle)

Synonyms: Nicoria nasuta

Wikipedia Abstract

The large-nosed wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta) is one of nine species of turtle in the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhinoclemmys nasuta

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.831 lbs (1.284 kg)
Female Weight [1]  2.831 lbs (1.284 kg)
Litter Size [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Chocó-Darién moist forests Colombia, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Western Ecuador moist forests Colombia, Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Falcaustra tikasinghi <Unverified Name>[2]
Nematophila grandis[2]
Octangioides tlacotalpensis[2]
Pseudallassostoma heteroxenus <Unverified Name>[2]
Pseudocleptodiscus margaritae[2]

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
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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