EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Hydromedusa tectifera
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Hydromedusinae ()
genus...............Hydromedusa (South American Snake-necked Turtles)
species..............Hydromedusa tectifera (South American Snake-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Cope 1869 : 147
- Holotype
- Not located
- Type Locality
- "Monte Video" [Uruguay]
- Original name
- Hydromedusa tectifera
- Common Name
- South American Snake-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and (apparently) Paraguay
- Comments
- None.
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