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Snout, Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Pleurodira, Chelidae
Code Number:
ARTV01P03_11
Title:
Snout, Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Pleurodira, Chelidae
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:
Hawksbill Turtle, (Eretmochelys imbricata), Endangered Species, Seawater, Testudines, Animals, Reptiles, Reptilia, Herpetiles, invertebrates, ectothermic reptiles, Fauna, exoskeleton, chelonian, Tortuga, Anapsida, Reptilial
Image by:
Wernher Krutein
Snout, Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Pleurodira, Chelidae
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Code Number:
ARTV01P03_11
Title:
Snout, Mata Mata, Matamata, (Chelus fimbriatus), Pleurodira, Chelidae
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:
Hawksbill Turtle, (Eretmochelys imbricata), Endangered Species, Seawater, Testudines, Animals, Reptiles, Reptilia, Herpetiles, invertebrates, ectothermic reptiles, Fauna, exoskeleton, chelonian, Tortuga, Anapsida, Reptilial
Image by:
Wernher Krutein
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