Mesoclemmys nasuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Mesoclemmys
Species:
M. nasuta
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys nasuta
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Emys nasuta Schweigger, 1812
  • Emys barbatula Gravenhorst, 1829
  • Rhinemys nasuta Wagler, 1830
  • Emys nasua Gray, 1831 (ex errore)
  • Hydraspis barbatula Gray, 1831
  • Platemys schweiggerii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Hydraspis (Rhinemys) nasuta Bonaparte, 1836
  • Platemys nasuta Strauch, 1862
  • Hydraspis maculata Gray, 1873
  • Platemys schweiggeri Boulenger, 1889 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops walbaumi Fitzinger, 1904 (nomen nudum)
  • Batrachemys nasuta Stejneger, 1909
  • Phrynops (Batrachemys) nasuta Zangerl & Medem, 1958
  • Phrynops nasutus Mertens, 1970
  • Phrynops nasatus Bour, 1973 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops nasutus nasutus Bour, 1973
  • Hydraspis macula Lescure & Fretey, 1975 (ex errore)
  • Phrynops nasuta nasuta Pritchard, 1979
  • Batrachemys nasutus Anan'eva, 1988
  • Mesoclemmys nasuta Bour & 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]

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" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 338. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  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.


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