Mesoclemmys nasuta

Mesoclemmys nasuta is a species of turtle that lives in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the Guyanas (north-eastern South America).[2][4]

Mesoclemmys nasuta
Scientific classification
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

A study found that this durophagous species (feeding on hard-shelled animals) had the highest bite force out of 28 species measured, at 432 lbf (1,920 N).[5]

References
  1. Schweigger, Augustus F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462.
  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 17 December 2010. 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". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15 (6): 1083–1094. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00459.x. S2CID 54067445.


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