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References

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• Acuña Mesén, Rafael Arturo, 1993. Las tortugas continentales de Costa Rica, Edit. I.C.E.R., San José, Costa Rica, 98p.
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• Adler, K. 1997. Illustrations of reptiles. Fauna 1 (1): 64-71.
• Bocourt,M.F. 1868. Descriptions de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., (Ser. 5) 10 (Pts. 1-3), p. 121-122.
• Bour, R. 2007. The type specimens of Rhinoclemmys areolata (Duméril & Bibron, 1851), R. pulcherrima incisa (Bocourt, 1868), and R. punctularia (Daudin, 1801). Emys 14 (2): 28-34.
• Dunn, Emmett R. 1930. A new Geoemyda from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 12: 31-34.
• Ernst, B. 1989. Turtles of the world. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution press.
• Ernst, C. H. 1981. Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 275: 1-2.
• Ernst, C.H. 1978. A revision of the Neotropical turtle genus Callopsis (Testudines: Emydidae: Batagurinae). Herpetologica 34: 113-134.
• Ewert, M., C. Nelson. 1991. Sex Determination in Turtles. Copeia, 1991: 50-69.
• Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73
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• Gray,J.E. 1873. Notes on the tortoises of the ‘Zoology of Mexico’ of MM.A. Duméril and Bocourt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 109-114.
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• Günther, A. C. L. G. 1885. Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Taylor, & Francis, London, 326 pp. [published in parts from 1885-1902; reprint by the SSAR 1987].
• Iverson, J. B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World
• Jamniczky, H. A. and A. P. Russell. 2007. Reappraisal of Patterns of Nonmarine Cryptodiran Turtle Carotid Circulation: Evidence From Osteological Correlates and Soft Tissues. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 268:571–587.
• Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
• McCormick, Betsy, 1998. "The Mexican Wood Turtle" (On-line). Accessed 10/25/99 at http://www.tortois.org/archives/rhino.html.
• Nicholson, Kirsten E., James R. McCranie and Gunther Köhler. 2000. Herpetofaunal expedition to Parque Nacional Patuca: a newly established park in Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin (72):26-31.
• Obst, F., . Richter, U. Jacob. 1988. Illustrated Atlas of Reptiles and Amphibians. Neptune, NJ: TFH Publ. Inc..
• Obst, F.J. 2003. Sumpfschildkröten. Draco 4 (13): 4-18.
• Pritchard, P. 1979. Encyclopedia of Turtles. Neptune, NJ: TFH Publ. Inc..
• Smith,H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253.
• Wirth, Michael. 2011. Costa Rica – ein herpetologisches Paradies!. Draco 12 (45): 4-21.