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Mesoclemmys gibba
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Mesoclemmys
Species:	gibba
Synonyms
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.

See also

In Spanish: Mesoclemmys gibba para niños

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