Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Chelus, Photo

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Code Number:: ARTD01_009
Title:: 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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Code Number:: ARTD01_009
Title:: 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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