Kingdom Animalia Suborder Pleurodira Subfamily Chelinae Genus Mesoclemmys Order Turtle | Class Sauropsida Family Chelidae Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Similar Mesoclemmys nasuta, Mesoclemmys, Mesoclemmys gibba, Mesoclemmys tuberculata, Phrynops tuberosus | ||
Mesoclemmys raniceps is a side-necked turtle found on the both the Amazon basin, and Orinoco basin. Little information is known about the turtles life cycle but there is evidence that the females can lay a clutch of 4-8 eggs several times in the year
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