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Phrynops
Sign in to saveSometimes called the bearded toadheads but better known by their scientific name of Phrynops this genus of turtles has often been a bit of a dumping ground for the short-necked South American turtles of the family Chelidae.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTestudines
- OrderTestudines
- FamilyChelidae
蟾頭龜屬（Phrynops）是蛇頸龜科下的一個屬。 蟾頭龜屬的龜廣泛分佈於南美洲各地，包括哥倫比亞、委內瑞拉、圭亞那、巴西、巴拉圭、烏拉圭和阿根廷東北部。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Chelidae
- Collections
- UTA, USNM, CM, CUMV, OMNH, UMNH
- Recorded in
- Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Brasil
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Sometimes called the bearded toadheads but better known by their scientific name of Phrynops this genus of turtles has often been a bit of a dumping ground for the short-necked South American turtles of the family Chelidae.
The genus is widely distributed in South America found in the Orinoco to Amazon and São Francisco to Paraná and adjacent river basins of Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina (Iverson, 1992).
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