The identity of a controversial Neotropical turtle hatchling (Reptilia: Testudines: Chelidae)
The purpose of this paper is to set the correct identity of a hatchling chelid turtle, purportedly the southernmost record of Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour), whose identification has been doubted repeatedly. This specimen is housed at the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg as ZMH R 1025. We determine that...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/7976 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/7976 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Freshwater Turtles Acanthochelys Mesoclemmys Taxonomy South America https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Summary: | The purpose of this paper is to set the correct identity of a hatchling chelid turtle, purportedly the southernmost record of Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour), whose identification has been doubted repeatedly. This specimen is housed at the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg as ZMH R 1025. We determine that the specimen is a hatchling of the Chaco side-necked turtle Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (Freiberg), species previously known from Santa Fe province. Our conclusion is supported by a string of evidence morphological, of pattern and color, and ecology. |
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