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==Distribution==
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[[File:Dlouhohlávka mexická 7157u.jpg|thumbnail|right|Central American river turtle in Prague Zoo]]
''D. mawii'' lives in Atlantic-draining larger rivers and lakes in Central America, from southern [[Mexico]] through [[Belize]] to the [[Guatemala]]n-[[Honduras|Honduran]] border.<ref name=vogtetal /> In Mexico it occurs in the states of [[Veracruz]], [[Tabasco]], [[Campeche]], the north of [[Oaxaca]], the north of [[Chiapas]] and the south of [[Quintana Roo]], primarily in the hydrological basins of the [[Papaloapan]], [[Coatzacoalcos River|Coatzacoalcos]] and [[Grijalva River|Grijalva]]-[[Usumacinta River]] systems.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Vázquez Sánchez |first1=Marta Minerva |last2=Antaño Diaz |first2=Laura Aleida |last3=Balderas Acata |first3=Salvador |date=April 2012 |title=Plan de Manejo Tipo para Tortuga Blanca |url=https://www.yumpu.com/es/document/read/14828412/plan-de-manejo-tipo-para-tortuga-blanca-semarnat |publisher=[[SEMARNAT|Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales]], Subsecretaría de Gestión para la Protección Ambiental, Dirección General de Vida Silvestre |pages=1–42 |language=es |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>

In Guatemala the species occurs from southern and central [[Petén Department]], south to [[Lago de Izabal]] and the rivers which drain into it.<ref name=Campbell1998/> The presence and status in the [[Río Motagua]] bordering Honduras was unknown in 2011.<ref name=vogtetal /> It is reasonably common in the [[Pasión River]] and its tributaries as well as several lakes in Petén as of 1998. It was once common in [[Lake Petén Itzá]], but by 1998 had become rarer there.<ref name=Campbell1998/> It is well protected in [[Yaxhá Lake]].<ref name=vogtetal /> In 2007 it was found to occur throughout northern Petén in the area corresponding to the [[Maya Biosphere Reserve]], with the researchers reporting that it was quite common almost everywhere, and extending the known distribution somewhat with the [[Blue Creek (Belize)|Río Azul]] in [[Mirador-Río Azul National Park]] and Playa Grande, Quiche. Based on an extrapolation of the turtle densities obtained in this survey, 4,081 turtles are estimated to currently exist within this area. This number is clearly an extreme underestimate, as only the surface area of large water bodies and rivers was taken into account, and the lowest densities found in the area were used in the calculations in order to be conservative.<ref name=García2007>{{cite report |last1=García Anleu |first1=Rony |last2=McNab |first2=Roan Balas |last3=Soto Shoender |first3=José |last4=Espejel |first4=Verónica |last5=Moreira |first5=José |last6=Ponce |first6=Gabriela |last7=Ramos |first7=Víctor H. |last8=Oliva |first8=Francisco |last9=González |first9=Eleazar |last10=Tut |first10=Henry |last11=Tut |first11=Kender |last12=Xol |first12=Tono |last13=Xoc |first13=Pedro |last14=Córdova |first14=Marcial |last15=Córdova |first15=Francisco |last16=Morales |first16=Luis |date=2007 |title=Distribution and ecology of the Central America River Turtle (''Dermatemys mawii'': Dermatemidae) in the lowland Maya forest, Guatemala |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284733460 |publisher=Wildlife Conservation Society–Guatemala Program Internal Report |pages=1–28 |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> Very high turtle densities were captured in [[Laguna Peru]] in 2007 and 2009.<ref name=vogtetal /><ref name=García2007/>