Vanderhaege's Toad-headed Turtle - Remarks

Remarks

Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei is closely related to M. gibbus, and may even be a subspecies of that species. It was first described by Bour (1973) as a subspecies of the broad-headed M. tuberculatus, but was raised to full species rank by Bour and Pauler (1987).

IUCN Red List Status (1996) Lower risk: near threatened.

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