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Painted Wood Turtle

Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

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13.9873, -86.98

Field Notes

Description:

Adult found walking on a roadway (dirt track) surrounded by dry scrub thorn forest.

Habitat:

Secondary, dry forest scrub near a seasonal stream (currently flowing).

Notes:

Location was in the Zamorano University "Finca Agroecológica Santa Inés".

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Reptiles de Zamorano Univ. campus (Honduras)
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2016

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