Bufocephala vanderhaegei Bour 1973 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae

Belongs to Bufocephala according to Bour 1973

Sister taxa: Mesoclemmys dahli, Mesoclemmys gibba, Mesoclemmys heliostemma, Mesoclemmys hogei, Mesoclemmys nasuta, Mesoclemmys perplexa, Mesoclemmys raniceps, Mesoclemmys tuberculata, Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei, Mesoclemmys vanegasorum, Mesoclemmys zuliae, Batrachemys zuliae, Batrachemys dahli, Batrachemys heliostemma, Batrachemys tuberculata, Ranacephala hogei

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bufocephala vanderhaegei in the database

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