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Smiling Turtle, smiles, face, Snout, Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Pleurodira, Chelidae, Chelus
Code Number:
ARTV01P15_18
Title:
Smiling Turtle, smiles, face, Snout, Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Pleurodira, Chelidae, Chelus
This species prefers slow moving freshwater including blackwater streams, stagnant pools, marshes, and swamps. It is strictly an aquatic dwelling turtle though it does prefer shallow waters to maximize the ease of breathing through its unique snout.

Range: northern Bolivia, northern and central Brazil, eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Guianas, eastern Peru, Venezuela

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Chelus
Species: Chelus fimbriatus
(Schneider, 1783)
Keywords:
MataMata, (Chelus fimbriatus), [Chelidae], Turtle, Terrapin, Freshwater, Water, Underwater, Freshwater, Testudines, Animals, Reptiles, Reptilia, Herpetiles, invertebrates, ectothermic reptiles, Fauna, exoskeleton, chelonian, Tortuga, Anapsida, Reptilial
Image by:
Wernher Krutein
Smiling Turtle, smiles, face, Snout, Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Pleurodira, Chelidae, Chelus
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Code Number:
ARTV01P15_18
Title:
Smiling Turtle, smiles, face, Snout, Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Pleurodira, Chelidae, Chelus
This species prefers slow moving freshwater including blackwater streams, stagnant pools, marshes, and swamps. It is strictly an aquatic dwelling turtle though it does prefer shallow waters to maximize the ease of breathing through its unique snout.

Range: northern Bolivia, northern and central Brazil, eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Guianas, eastern Peru, Venezuela

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Chelus
Species: Chelus fimbriatus
(Schneider, 1783)
Keywords:
MataMata, (Chelus fimbriatus), [Chelidae], Turtle, Terrapin, Freshwater, Water, Underwater, Freshwater, Testudines, Animals, Reptiles, Reptilia, Herpetiles, invertebrates, ectothermic reptiles, Fauna, exoskeleton, chelonian, Tortuga, Anapsida, Reptilial
Image by:
Wernher Krutein
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