Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jun 17, 2026

Mesoclemmys gibba

Mesoclemmys gibba, known as the toadhead turtle or gibba turtle, is a small side necked turtle found in a wide area of South America, in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil.

Last revised
Jun 17, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
198 w
Citations
2
Source
Wikipedia ↗
Mesoclemmys gibba
Mesoclemmys gibba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Mesoclemmys
Species:
M. gibba
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys gibba
(Schweigger, 1812)1
Synonyms2
Species Synonymy
  • Emys gibba Schweigger, 1812
  • Emys stenops Spix, 1824
  • Hydraspis stenops Bell, 1828
  • Rhinemys gibba Wagler, 1830
  • Hydraspis cayennensis gibba Gray, 1831
  • Platemys gibba Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Platemys miliusii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Hydraspis (Podocnemis) gibba Fitzinger, 1835
  • Phrynops miliusii Gray, 1844
  • Phrynops gibbus Diesing, 1850
  • Hydraspis miliusii Gray, 1856
  • Hydraspis gordoni Gray, 1868
  • Hydraspis bicolor Gray, 1873
  • Mesoclemmys gibba Gray, 1873
  • Mesoclemys gibba Orcés, 1949
  • Mesoclemys giba Donoso-Barros, 1956 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops (Mesoclemmys) gibba Medem, 1960
  • Mesoclemmys gibbus Richard, 1999

Mesoclemmys gibba, known as the toadhead turtle or gibba turtle, is a small side necked turtle found in a wide area of South America, in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil.

References

References

  1. Schweigger, A.F. 1812. Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger. Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem., 1: 271-368, 406-458.
  2. Uwe Fritz & Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 263–264. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2011.