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Hydromedusa
Sign in to saveHydromedusa, commonly known as the South American snake-necked turtles, is a genus of turtles in the family Chelidae. They are quite closely related to the South American side-necked swamp turtles (Acanthochelys) and the snake-necked turtles of the Australian-Melanesian region (Chelodina), but less closely to the spine-necked river turtles of South America (Podocnemididae) which belong to a more modern lineage of Pleurodira.
Species
Cross Hydromedusa
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTestudines
- OrderTestudines
- FamilyChelidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Chelidae
- Collections
- YPM, ANSP, UM-RSMAS
- Recorded in
- United States, French Polynesia
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Hydromedusa, commonly known as the South American snake-necked turtles, is a genus of turtles in the family Chelidae. They are quite closely related to the South American side-necked swamp turtles (Acanthochelys) and the snake-necked turtles of the Australian-Melanesian region (Chelodina), but less closely to the spine-necked river turtles of South America (Podocnemididae) which belong to a more modern lineage of Pleurodira.
==Species== This genus contains the following three species: †Hydromedusa casamayorensis – Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations, Argentina Hydromedusa maximiliani – Brazilian snake-necked turtle Hydromedusa tectifera – Argentine snake-necked turtle
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hydromedusa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.