Black River Turtle

Continent: Middle-America South-America
Distribution: S Honduras (Caribbean drainages from the Rio Coco southward), Nicaragua, Panama (north of the Canal Zone), Costa Rica Colombia [Castro,F. (pers. comm.)]
Type locality: "Limón" (=Puerto Limón), Costa Rica.

The black wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea), or black river turtle is one of nine species of turtle in the genus Rhinoclemmys, which is in the family Geoemydidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.