Latitudinal range: 10.4° to 19.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3)

Found in 5 samples

Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station (buttress), La Selva Biological Station (non-buttress)

Mexico: Chamela Biosphere Reserve (conserved), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (disturbed), Caobas Ejido (mature forest)

See also Rhinoclemmys annulata, Rhinoclemmys areolata, Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima, Rhinoclemmys rubida