EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Acanthochelys radiolata
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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 radiolata (Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Mikan 1820 : Fig.
- Holotype
- NMW 23390
- Type Locality
- "Sebastianopoli" [= Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]
- Original name
- Emys radiolata
- Common Name
- Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle
- Distribution
- Basins near the Atlantic coast from the mouth of the Rio São Francisco to São Paulo state in eastern Brazil, as well as an isolated record from the upper Rio Xingu basin in Mato Grosso state, Brazil
- Comments
- Reviewed by Ernst (1983c; as Platemys radiolata; although his distribution map is in error), Rhodin, Mittermeier, and McMorris (1984; as Platemys radiolata), and Rhodin, da Rocha e Silva, and Mittermeier (1984; as Platemys radiolata).
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