Black spine-neck swamp turtle explained

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.

Etymology

The specific name, spixii, is in honor of German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix.^[1]

Geographic range

A. spixii is found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay,^[2] and possibly Paraguay.

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Acanthochelys spixii, p. 250).
2. www.reptile-database.org.