| Acanthochelys | |
|---|---|
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| Black spine-necked turtle (A. spixii) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelinae |
| Genus: | Acanthochelys Gray 1873[1] |
| Species | |
Acanthochelys macrocephala | |
Acanthochelys is a genus ofturtles, the spiny swamp turtles, in the familyChelidae, subfamilyChelinae, found in South America. Until recently, the species of this genus were considered to be members of the genusPlatemys, but were moved to the resurrected genus originally described by Gray (1873) based on thetype species by monotypyAcanthochelys spixii.[2]
Current nomenclature for this genus follows that of van Dijk et al. (2012):[3]