EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Acanthochelys macrocephala
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Austrochelidinae ()
genus...............Acanthochelys (South American Side-necked Swamp Turtles)
species..............Acanthochelys macrocephala (Pantanal Swamp Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Rhodin, Mittermeier and McMorris 1984 : 38
- Holotype
- NMW 1293
- Type Locality
- "Caiçara, Rio Paraguai, Mato Grosso, Brazil (16° 03'S, 57° 43'W)"
- Original name
- Platemys macrocephala
- Common Name
- Pantanal Swamp Turtle
- Distribution
- Upper Rio Mamoré basin of central Bolivia to the Pantanal region of the upper Paraguai of Brazil
- Comments
- Reviewed by Rhodin, Mittermeier, and Ernst (1990).
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