EMYSystem Species Page: Staurotypus salvinii
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approximate range
Original Description
Gray 1864b
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Type Locality
"Huamanchal [= Huamuchil], Guatemala"
Holotype
BMNH 1946.1.22.79
Original name
Staurotypus (stauremys) salvinii
Common name
Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle
Distribution
Eastern Oaxaca and southern Chiapas, Mexico through southern Guatemala to El Salvador
Comments
Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Dean and Bickham (1983).
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