Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World

A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World

John B. Iverson Earlham College

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California Ac.aOemv of ~Clem;es, Golden San Francisco, California 941 U.S,A

Charleston MlllSel.lln, Ln,arle:ston, South Carolina U,S,A. Estaci6n l:HC'lOl1;lca e Museum of Natural and Lake Shore 60605, e e e e e Kepm)l1C of China. e

e Expos:itlC)fi Blvd., Los .... lIltCllt::S. California e Gallardo 470, 1405 4t e Camb1ridge, Massachusetts Mllseum d'Histoire Naltun~:Ue. Jardin des Plantes, Allee Jules Guesde, 3100 VUIV\j,,,,v. Haute e France e Museum National dHistoire Naturelle, 43 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris V, France. MNHN e COJmIJlar~i.tl,re anatomy collection is indicated the suffix MPEG Museu Paraense "Emilio Goeldi", Caixa Postal 399, 66.000 Belem, Para, Brasil. e MRAC Musee de Centrale, B-1980 Tervuren, tlelglilm. e Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genova 'Giacoma Doria,' Via 9, 16121 ".H"BUV"'. e MSNG e MTKD Staaliches Museum fUr Tierkunde, AUlgustusstJras:ie 2, 801 Dresden, hPrm:flnv e MVZ Museum of Vertebrate lnj"en:jtv of California, tleJrlCeleV U.s.A. MZf L,G1o!<)glcaJ Museum, UI. Vanemuizhe 43, Tartu, Estonian S.S.R., \..1 ••".':; •.1."\.. e MZUP Museo ZO'O!OglCO, Universita di Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123 !Ja!."'''''''''''

MZUS Musee de LJUUl\.J1t,l''', Universite de Strasl:lOUrg Strastxmrg, France.

MZUSP Museu L.VVn/~"v, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal 7172, 04263 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrasiL fit NMP Natal Museum, 237 Street, Pi€~teImalritlbl.Jlrg, .1."\"t::IJUIJU\v of South Africa. e NMW Naturhistorisches MUlsellm, Postfach 417, U"rar,,"a A-1014 1, Austria. e NRM Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. e NUH LaboJ~at()rv of Natural Science Collection, National Hanoi, Socialist K.epulJl1C Vietnam. e E'>.lJ[I~1.1Ull[l. OUM Oxford In"""''''olh' Museum, Parks Oxford, Jxtorctsh:lre, United e UUleell1s1,md Museum, Terrace, Fortitude Hnsbcine, OUleellsllmd 4006, Australia. e RCSM of Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2, United E'>.lJHl;I.1UIJH. e RMNH Rijksrnm;eUJm van Histoire, Postbus 9517, 2300 Leiden, Holland. e RSM Scottish Museum, Chambers Street, Edinblun!h EHI UF, Scotland, United l"A,U1t,'lVl,U. e sa Shanxi Institute of Shanxi Province, l''''VU'JU'- of China. e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e - - -e e e e e e e e e e e e e 1 1

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42 43

09'

Podocnemis.

rhodesianus 67

70 71 ..~

) 73

87 Chelonia olivacea Es(;hs(;hollz

Reevesii soullhe:astern and eastern Asia See overview.

109

Testudo amboinensis Daudin DI~litriblJlti(m: SOtlmlern Asia to Sulawesi Bour

117

137

149

error. UI}SD~eCles: None Reviewed Smith

BMNH "Borneo" Dis1tril)llltion: ,LVJl

157

(jeloer.~yara !Jum~tw!afjra diademata

Maracaibo Venezuela None LOlmnlent: Reviewed and elevated to Pritchard and considered it a sut)SVlXIC~S

Nicoria nasuta spe<~lml~nS) BMNH 1947 .3.5.54~57

northwestern Ecuador

and Carr Almendariz

165

170

173

COlllSl(len:~ \:!\.rOfUlvmnn(l with the genus

189

197 Testudo carolina Lmnaelus

204 a " 207 208

213 I

217

«;-Ul 1"""._, 7.2 km north of

None l.:OInmlent: Reviewed as Sternotherus /'/U'1 >11'1 """ 221

Ha(;leI110a, Chichen pelllmS11J1a, Mexico

Cinosternum leucostomum 9087

232

..,.. ,.-,..-.1 .."", and Seidel

237

ong,mally C(]ltal()~ut~<1 as USNM 6518 and • •

240

Thailand see

UUI'an20. Mexico" 261

"''''nth'''',..... KeplJOllC of South

268

Testudo "nn<"",,,,,,,,,,,

Indonesia 269

278

285

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Triorrvdlifl:le account.

301

as at the Islamic

as steindachneri

northeastern

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