Hydromedusa tectifera
Description:
At the Guira Oga wildlife rescue center in Iguazu, Argentina, this is the South America Snake-neck Turtle, or in Spanish, Tortuga Cuello de Serpiente. It ranges from here into southern Brazil. www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/riverlife/index.html
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes (bony fish)
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniote)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Testudinata (turtles)
- Pleurodira (sideneck turtle)
- Chelidae (Austro-South American side-necked turtles)
- Hydromedusa
- Testudines (turtle)
- Hydromedusa tectifera (Argentine snake-necked turtle)
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