Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle

The Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle (Acanthochelys radiolata) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family endemic to Brazil.

Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Acanthochelys
Species:
A. radiolata
Binomial name
Acanthochelys radiolata
(Mikan, 1820)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Emys radiolata Mikan, 1820[2]
  • Platemys gaudichaudii Duméril and Bibron, 1835[4]
  • Platemys werneri Schnee, 1900[5]
  • Platemys radiolata quadrisquamosa Luederwaldt, 1926[6]
  • Platemys radiolata radiolata Mikan, 1820[7]

References
  1. Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). "Acanthochelyx radiolata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  2. Mikan, J.C. 1820. Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis. Antonii Strauss. Wien. 54 pp.
  3. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.]. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.
  4. Duméril, A.M.C. and Bibron, G. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris: Roret, 680 pp.
  5. Schnee, P. 1900. Uber eine Sammlung südbrasilianischer Reptilien und Amphibien, nebst Beschreibung einer neuen Schildkröten (Platemys werneri). Zoologische Anzeiger 23:461–464.
  6. Luederwawaldt, H. 1926. Os chelonios brasileiros. Rev. Mus. Paulista 14:403–470.
  7. Pritchard, P.C.H. 1979. Encyclopedia of Turtles. Neptune, NJ: TFH Publications, 895 pp.


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