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Black Spine-necked Swamp Turtle
Acanthochelys spixii
The black spine-neck swamp turtle (Acanthochelys spixii), also commonly known as the spiny-neck turtle or Spix's sideneck turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America, specially in the Southern Cone region.
From the article Black spine-neck swamp turtle on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
A. spixii is found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and possibly Paraguay.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, spixii, is in honor of German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39611.