Acanthochelys spixii — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Testudines/Chelidae/Acanthochelys

At a glance

Occurrence records72

Data sources4

Biological traits3

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Acanthochelys spixii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility72 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources3 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF72 records

01Narrative

The black spine-neck swamp turtle (Acanthochelys spixii), also commonly known as the spiny-neck turtle or Spix's sideneck turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America, specially in the Southern Cone region.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDB

Life cycle & reproduction3

Incubation156 days

Litter size4.5

Max. longevity98.4 months

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type72 records

Wild obs. + sensor56

Museum / vouchered16

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO280 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 56

56 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor56

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 5

5 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence16

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
PUC-RSlocation not on record	8
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	2
Buenos Aires, AR	1
Cambridge, US	1
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Foralocation not on record	1
UNICAMPlocation not on record	1
Ann Arbor, US	1

7 institutions · 15 of 16 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code