Chelydra acutirostris Peters 1862 (South American snapping turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

Type locality: “Guayaquil” [Ecuador]

Full reference: W. K. H. Peters. 1862. Über einen neuen Phyllodactylus aus Guayaquil. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862:626-627

Belongs to Chelydra according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017

See also Peters 1862 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Cheliurus, Chelydra rossignonii, Chelydra serpentina

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chelydra acutirostris in the database

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