Acanthochelys

Acanthochelys
	Black spine-necked turtle (A. spixii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Subfamily:	Chelinae
Genus:	Acanthochelys; Gray 1873
Species
	Acanthochelys macrocephala ; Acanthochelys pallidipectoris ; Acanthochelys radiolata ; Acanthochelys spixii

Acanthochelys is a genus of turtles, the spiny swamp turtles, in the family Chelidae, subfamily Chelinae, found in South America. Until recently, the species of this genus were considered to be members of the genus Platemys, but were moved to the resurrected genus originally described by Gray (1873) based on the type species by monotypy Acanthochelys spixii.^[2]

^ Gray, John Edward. 1873c. Observations on chelonians, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)11:289–308.
^ Iverson, J. B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Privately Printed, Richmond: Indiana. 364pp.

[gray1873-1] Gray, John Edward. 1873c. Observations on chelonians, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)11:289–308.

[iverson1992-2] Iverson, J. B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Privately Printed, Richmond: Indiana. 364pp.

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