Rhinoclemmys nicoyana Acuña-Mesen & Laurito-Mora, 1996:271
Nicoya wood turtle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Costa Rica
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Acuña-Mesen, R. A. and Laurito, C. A. (1996). Nueva especie de Rhinoclemmys Fitzinger, 1836 (Chelonii, Cryptodira) del Cenozoico tardío de Costa Rica. Ameghiniana 33(3): 271-278.
Other references:
Turtle Extinctions Working Group et al. (2015). Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5: 1-66.