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Acanthochelys macrocephala

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES CHELIDAE

Scientific Name: Acanthochelys macrocephala
Species Authority: (Rhodin, Mittermeier & McMorris, 1984)
Common Name/s:
English – Big-Headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle, Pantanal Swamp Turtle
Synonym/s:
(Fritz & Pauler, 1992)
Phrynops chacoensis Fritz & Pauler, 1992
Platemys macrocephala Rhodin, Mittermeier & McMorris, 1984
Taxonomic Notes: A. chacoensis included in the 1996 and 2000 IUCN Red Lists is considered to be a junior synonym of A. macrocephala (A. Rhodin pers comm., Fritz and Pauler 1999).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
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Contributor/s:
History:
1996 – Vulnerable
1994 – Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Paraguay
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Terrestrial nest sites
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Citation: Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Acanthochelys macrocephala. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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