EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Phrynops dahli
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Austrochelidinae ()
genus...............Phrynops (Toad-headed Turtles)
species..............Phrynops dahli (Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Zangerl and Medem 1958 : 376
- Holotype
- FMNH 75980
- Type Locality
- "Vicinity of Sincelejo, Bolivar, Colombia"
- Original name
- Phrynops dahli
- Common Name
- Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle
- Distribution
- Known only from the region of the type locality in northeastern Colombia
- Comments
- Subgenus Batrachemys. Considered by some to be a subspecies of Phrynops nasutus (e.g., Wermuth and Mertens, 1977). Reviewed by Medem (1966) and Groombridge (1982).
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