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Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758). Canada to Ecuador. 
C. Dermochelyidae (1 species) 
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761). Globally in temperate to 
tropical seas. CITES Appendix I/USFWS Endangered. 
D. Emydidae (1 species) 
Trachemys scripta (Schoepf, 1792). United States to Colombia, 
Venezuela; isolated populations in Brazil, Argentina, 
Uruguay. 
E. Kinosternidae (3 species) 
Kinosternon angustipons Legler, 1965. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, 
Panama (western, Atlantic versant). 
Kinosternon leucostomum Dumeril and Dumeril, 1851. 
Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador. 
Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766). Mexico to Argentina, 
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Trinidad. 
F. Testudinidae (4 species) 
Testudininae (1 Species) 
Geochelone carbonaria (Spix, 1824). Panama (Darien Province) to 
Paraguay, Brazil. CITES Appendix II. 
Batagurinae (3 Species) 
Rhinoclemmys annulata (Gray, 1860). Honduras to Ecuador. 
Rhinoclemmys funerea (Cope, 1875). Honduras-Nicaragua border 
(Atlantic versant) to Panama (Atlantic versant, central). 
Rhinoclemmys melanosterna (Gray, 1861). Panama (eastern), 
Colombia, Ecuador. 
II. PANAMA HERPETOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS OF 
CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED SPECIES 
Amaral, A. 1924. New genus and species of South American snakes 
contained in the United States National Museum. J. Wash. 
Acad. Sci. 14:200-202 ( Clelia eauatoriana -202). 
Andersson, L.G. 1916. Notes on the reptiles and batrachians in 
the Zoological Museum at Gothenberg, with an account of some 
new species. Medd. Goteborgs. Mus. Zool. Afdelning 9:1- 
38 ( Rhinobothrvum bovallii -32). 
Arosemena, F.A., R. Ibanez, and F. Sousa. 1991. Una especie nueva 
de Anolis (Squamata: Iguanidae) del grupo latifrons de 
Fortuna, Panama. Rev. Biol. Trop. 39(2):255-262 ( Anolis 
