Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle

Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle

Taxobox
name = Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Chelidae
genus = "Acanthochelys"
species = "A. macrocephala"
binomial = "Acanthochelys macrocephala"
binomial_authority = (Rhodin, Mittermeier & McMorris, 1984)
synonyms = Acanthochelys chacoensis (Fritz & Pauler, 1992)
The Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle or Pantanal Swamp Turtle ("Acanthochelys macrocephala") is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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* Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/74/all Acanthochelys macrocephala] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.


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