EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Acanthochelys pallidipectoris
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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 pallidipectoris (Chaco Side-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Freiberg 1945 : 19
- Holotype
- MACN 1731
- Type Locality
- "Pcia. [= Presidencia] Roque Sáenz Peña, Chaco [Province]", [Argentina]
- Original name
- Platemys pallidipectoris
- Common Name
- Chaco Side-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- The Chaco of northern Argentina to Paraguay; possibly also in eastern Bolivia
- Comments
- Reviewed by Ernst (1983a; as Platemys pallidipectoris), Groombridge (1982; as Platemys pallidipectoris), and Waller (1988).
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