Mesoclemmys nasuta

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Mesoclemmys nasuta
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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 nasutaSchweigger, 1812
  • Emys barbatulaGravenhorst, 1829
  • Rhinemys nasutaWagler, 1830
  • Emys nasuaGray, 1831(ex errore)
  • Hydraspis barbatulaGray, 1831
  • Platemys schweiggeriiDuméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Hydraspis (Rhinemys) nasutaBonaparte, 1836
  • Platemys nasutaStrauch, 1862
  • Hydraspis maculataGray, 1873
  • Platemys schweiggeriBoulenger, 1889(ex errore)
  • Phrynops walbaumiFitzinger, 1904(nomen nudum)
  • Batrachemys nasutaStejneger, 1909
  • Phrynops (Batrachemys) nasutaZangerl & Medem, 1958
  • Phrynops nasutusMertens, 1970
  • Phrynops nasatusBour, 1973(ex errore)
  • Phrynops nasutus nasutusBour, 1973
  • Hydraspis maculaLescure & Fretey, 1975(ex errore)
  • Phrynops nasuta nasutaPritchard, 1979
  • Batrachemys nasutusAnan'eva, 1988
  • Mesoclemmys nasutaBour & 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]

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References

  1. Schweigger, Augustus F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462.
  2. 1 2 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.