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Acanthochelys macrocephala (Rhodin, Mittermeier & Mcmorris, 1984)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Rhodin, A. G. J., Mittermeier, R. A., & Mcmorris, J. R. Platemys macrocephala, a new species of chelid turtle from central Bolivia and the pantanal region of Brazil.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Chelidae
genus
Acanthochelys
species
Acanthochelys macrocephala

Name

Synonyms
Acanthochelys chacoensis (Fritz & Pauler, 1992)
Peltocephalus dumeriliana
Phrynops chacoensis Fritz & Pauler, 1992
Platemys macrocephala Rhodin, Mittermeier & Mcmorris, 1984
Homonyms
Acanthochelys macrocephala (Rhodin, Mittermeier & Mcmorris, 1984)
Common names
Big Headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Big-Headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Cágado in Portuguese
Cágado in Portuguese
Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Pantanal swamp turtle in English
Pantanal-Plattschildkröte in German
Pantanal-Plattschildkröte in German
Pantanal-Sumpfschildkröte in German
Storhovedet Sumphalsvender in Danish
Tartaruga-do-Pantanal in Portuguese
Tartaruga-do-Pantanal in Portuguese
Tartaruga-do-Pantanal. in Portuguese
Tartaruga-do-Pantanal. in Portuguese
Tortuga Cabezona del Pantanal in Spanish
Tortuga Canaleta Paraguaya in Spanish
Tortuga del Pantanal in Spanish
iri başlı Pantanal bataklık kaplumbağası in Turkish
nagyfejű laposteknős in Hungarian
trnokrčka velkohlavá in Czech
巨頭刺頸龜 in Chinese
Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Big-Headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
Tartaruga-do-Pantanal in Portuguese
Tortuga Cabezona del Pantanal in Spanish
Tortuga Canaleta Paraguaya in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  3. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
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