Mesoclemmys nasuta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Chelidae
- Genus
- Mesoclemmys
- Species
- Mesoclemmys nasuta
- Scientific Name
- Mesoclemmys nasuta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mesoclemmys nasuta
Mesoclemmys nasuta is a species of turtle that lives in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the Guyanas (north-eastern South America).
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).
...Mesoclemmys nasuta in languages:
- Czech
- vousivka nosatá
- English
- Guyanan Toad-headed Turtle
- French
- Tortue à tête de crapaud
- French
- Tortue de Schweigger
- Portuguese
- Cágado-Da-Cabeça-De-Sapo-Comum
- Russian
- Носатая лягушковая черепаха
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