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
- Cágado in Portuguese
- Pantanal Swamp Turtle in English
- Pantanal swamp turtle in English
- Pantanal-Plattschildkröte in German
- Tartaruga-do-Pantanal. in Portuguese
- 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
- Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
- 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.