Biology:Chelus
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Short description: Genus of turtles
| Chelus | |
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| Chelus fimbriatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelinae |
| Genus: | Chelus Duméril, 1806[1] |
Chelus is a genus of large freshwater turtles found in tropical South America. Formerly considered to be a monotypic genus, it now consists of two species after Chelus orinocensis was identified in 2020 from a genetic analysis.[2]
Species
There are two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Chelus fimbriatus – Amazon mata mata
- Chelus orinocensis – Orinoco mata mata
References
- ↑ Duméril, A.M.C. 1806. Zoologie Analytique, ou Méthode Naturelle de Classification des Animaux. Paris: Perronneau, 344 pp.
- ↑ Sanchez-Vilaga, Marcelo R.; Prichard, Peter C. H.; Paolillo, Alfredo; Linares, Omar J. (January 1995). "Geographic variation in the matamata turtle, Chelus fimbriatus, with observations on its shell morphology and morphometry". Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1: 292–300. https://chelonian.org/wp-content/uploads/file/CCB%20Vol%201%20No%204%20(1995)/Sanchez-Villagra_etal_1995.pdf.
- ↑ Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Inverson, John B.; Roger, Bour; Fritz, Uwe; Georges, Arthur; Shaffer, H. Bradley; van Dijk, Peter Paul (2021). "Turtles of the world, 2021 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status (9th Ed.)". Chelonian Research Monographs. Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 9: 1–472. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9.
Wikidata ☰ Q14566138 entry
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