Kingdom Animalia Order Testudines Family Chelidae Scientific name Acanthochelys Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Suborder Pleurodira Subfamily Chelinae Higher classification Chelidae | |
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Lower classifications Black spine‑neck swamp tu, Chaco side‑necked turtle, Big‑headed pantanal swamp tu, Brazilian radiolated swamp tu | ||
More chaco sideneck turtles acanthochelys pallidipectoris
Acanthochelys is a genus of turtles, the spiny swamp turtles, in the family Chelidae, subfamily Chelinae, found in South America. Until recently, the species of this genus were considered to be members of the genus Platemys, but were moved to the resurrected genus originally described by Gray (1873) based on the type species by monotypy Acanthochelys spixii.
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- More chaco sideneck turtles acanthochelys pallidipectoris
- Acanthochelys spixii artificial hatch
- Taxonomy
- References
Acanthochelys spixii artificial hatch
Taxonomy
Current nomenclature for this genus follows that of van Dijk et al. (2012):
References
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