Mesoclemmys nasuta

Species of turtle

Mesoclemmys nasuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Mesoclemmys
Species:
M. nasuta
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys nasuta
(Schweigger, 1812)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Emys nasuta Schweigger, 1812
  • Emys barbatula Gravenhorst, 1829
  • Rhinemys nasuta Wagler, 1830
  • Emys nasua Gray, 1831 (ex errore)
  • Hydraspis barbatula Gray, 1831
  • Platemys schweiggerii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Hydraspis (Rhinemys) nasuta Bonaparte, 1836
  • Platemys nasuta Strauch, 1862
  • Hydraspis maculata Gray, 1873
  • Platemys schweiggeri Boulenger, 1889 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops walbaumi Fitzinger, 1904 (nomen nudum)
  • Batrachemys nasuta Stejneger, 1909
  • Phrynops (Batrachemys) nasuta Zangerl & Medem, 1958
  • Phrynops nasutus Mertens, 1970
  • Phrynops nasatus Bour, 1973 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops nasutus nasutus Bour, 1973
  • Hydraspis macula Lescure & Fretey, 1975 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops nasuta nasuta Pritchard, 1979
  • Batrachemys nasutus Anan'eva, 1988
  • Mesoclemmys nasuta Bour & Zaher, 2005

Mesoclemmys nasuta is a species of turtle that lives in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the Guyanas (north-eastern South America).[2][4]

A study found that this durophagous species (feeding on hard-shelled animals) had the highest bite force out of 28 species measured, at 432 N (97 lbf).[5]

References

  1. ^ Schweigger, Augustus F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462.
  2. ^ a b Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 338. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  3. ^ Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
  4. ^ Mesoclemmys nasuta in the Reptile Database
  5. ^ Herrel, A.; O'Reilly, J. C.; Richmond, A. M. (2002). "Evolution of bite performance in turtles" (PDF). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15 (6): 1083–1094. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00459.x. S2CID 54067445.
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Side-necked turtle species
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Reptilia
  • Subclass: Anapsida
  • Order: Testudines
  • Suborder: Pleurodira
Family
Subfamily
Genus
Subgenus
Chelidae
Chelinae
Acanthochelys
 
Chelus
 
Mesoclemmys
 
Phrynops
 
Platemys
 
Ranacephala
 
Rhinemys
 
Chelodininae
Chelodina
Chelodina
Chelydera
Macrochelodina
Elseya
Elseya
Pelocomastes
Hanwarachelys
Elusor
 
Emydura
 
Myuchelys
 
Rheodytes
 
Hydromedusinae
Hydromedusa
 
Pseudemydurinae
Pseudemydura
 
Pelomedusidae
 
Pelomedusa
 
Pelusios
 
Podocnemididae
 
Erymnochelys
 
Peltocephalus
 
Podocnemis
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.
Taxon identifiers
Mesoclemmys nasuta


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