First record of Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Reptilia, Testudines, Chelidae) in the Cerrado area of Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2010v23n4p157Abstract
Mesoclemmys tuberculata is a turtle species that is distributed in northeastern Brazil, recorded mainly in the Caatinga and at some localities in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado. In this paper we report the fi rst species record in an area of Cerrado of Minas Gerais state, and it is the onlyknown state record in a specifi c location. During fi eld ampling, a specimen of M. tuberculata was collected in the municipality of João Pinheiro, northwest state, in a Cerrado nuclear area in the São Francisco river basin. The locality of this record is the southern and western limits of M. tuberculata's known distribution, as well as the most inland locality of species record in the Cerrado biome.
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2010-01-01
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