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    Species Accepted

    Acanthochelys spixii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

    Black Spine-necked Swamp Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Acanthochelys
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Black Spine-necked Swamp Turtle English
      Black Spiny-necked Swamp Turtle English
      Black Spiny-necked Turtle English
      Black spine-neck swamp turtle English
      Cágado Portuguese
      Cágado-D'água-Doce Portuguese
      Cágado-Feio Portuguese
      Cágado-Preto Portuguese
      Cágado-de-Canaleta Portuguese
      Cágado-de-Pescoço-Espinhudo Portuguese

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

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      36 results
      Wied-Neuwied, M. (1824). Verzeichniss der Amphibien, welche im zweyten Bande der Naturgeschichte Brasiliens vom Prinz Max von Neuwied werden beschrieben werden. Isis von Oken 14: 661—673 [Columns].
      TOZETTI, A. M., MOSER, C. F., & COLOMBO, P. (2023). AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF TAIM, A BRAZILIAN RAMSAR SITE: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND A POSSIBLE CASE OF LOCAL EXTINCTION. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 18(1), 38-47.
      Winkler, J. D. (2006). Testing phylogenetic implications of eggshell characters in side-necked turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira). Zoology 109: 127-136.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., 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 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      Gray, J. E. (1855). Description of a new genus and some new species of tortoises. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 15: 67-69.
      Sousa Oliveira, G.C. de; Hudson, A.A.; Portella Santos, G.; Lopez, C.N.; Sousa, B.M. (2024). Geographic distribution: Acanthochelys spixii (Black Spine-Neck Swamp Turtle). Brazil: Minas Gerais: Municipality of Ritápolis. Herpetological Review 55 (1): 40-41.
      TTWG [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. (2025). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., 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 10:1-575.
      Kubo, Wesley Kauan; Eliana Faria de Oliveira, João Emílio de Almeida Júnior, Alexandra Sanches, José Augusto de Oliveira & Vinícius de Avelar São Pedro. (2025). Nuclear Abnormalities in Erythrocytes of Black Spiny-Necked Turtles (Acanthochelys spixii) as Evidence of Agrochemical Contamination in a Monoculture Landscape in Brazil. Chelonian Conservation and Biology Jun 2025 Vol. 24, No. 1: 125-135.
      Gray, J. E. (1873). Observations on chelonians, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 11: 289-308.
      Duméril, A.M.C., and G. Bibron. (1835). Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, Vol. 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, Iv + 680 P.

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