Acanthochelys macrocephala

Acanthochelys macrocephala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Acanthochelys macrocephala Rhodin, Mittermeier, and McMorris 1984
- Type locality: Caiçara (16°03'S 57°43'W), Rio Paraguay, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Holotype: NMW 1293

Phrynops schoepffii Fitzinger in Siebenrock 1904b:27 (nomen nudum, partim)
- Platemys macrocephala Rhodin, Mittermeier, and McMorris 1984:38
- Phrynops chacoensis Fritz and Pauler 1992:299

Rhodin, Anders G.J., Mittermeier, Russell A., and McMorris, J. Robert. 1984. Platemys macrocephala, a new species of chelid turtle from central Bolivia and the Pantanal region of Brazil. Herpetologica 40(1):38–46.

Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). (ISBN: 978-1-5323-5026-9). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Acanthochelys macrocephala. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2019.

English: Pantanal Swamp Turtle

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