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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 zuliae (Zulia Toad-headed Turtle)
Original Description
Pritchard and Trebbau 1984 : 135
Holotype
UF 53439
Type Locality
"Caņo Madre Vieja near El Guayabo, Distrito Colon, Edo. Zulia, Venezuela (8° 53'N, 72° 30'W)"
Original name
Phrynops zuliae
Common Name
Zulia Toad-headed Turtle
Distribution
Basins draining into the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
Comments
Subgenus Batrachemys. Reviewed by Pritchard and Trebbau (1984) and Pritchard (1987).
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