Mesoclemmys raniceps

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genus: Mesoclemmys
Species: Mesoclemmys raniceps

• Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray 1855:55) sec. Bour & Zaher 2005:298
  • Type locality: “Brazil, Para”.
  • Lectotype: NHM (ex BMNH); Bates collection, 1947.3.5.92, formerly NHM 51.8.12.1 (designated by Bour & Pauler 1987).

• Hydraspis raniceps Gray 1855:55
  • Phrynops raniceps Iverson 1992
  • Batrachemys raniceps McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar 2001
  • Mesoclemmys raniceps Bour & Zaher 2005
  • Mesoclemmys heliostemma TTWG 2021

• Gray,J.E. 1856. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). British Museum, London, 79 pp. [1855]
• McCord, W., Joseph-Ouni, M. & Lamar, W. 2001. A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys. Revista de Biología Tropical 49(2): 715–764. PDF Reference page. 
• Bour, R. & Zaher, H. 2005. A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae). Papéis avulsos de zoologia 45(24): 295–311. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492005002400001 Reference page. 
• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page. 
• ZooBank: 4BBAAC95-4FF7-4A2B-989F-553517B8936C