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Re: 2nd Pic. underside of shell...


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Posted by Terry on April 19, 2001 at 17:38:35:

In Reply to: Re: 2nd Pic. underside of shell... posted by Terry on April 19, 2001 at 14:48:07:

Niki,
here's a reply from the email lists:

Niki,
It looks like it might be the shell of a twist neck turtle (Platemys).
Carapace to 20cm, flat, rigid, elongated, with a distinctly flat bottomed and
elongated depression along the vertebral column. They come from South
America so the area fits and the depression appears to be there from your
photo.
It could possibly be P. platycephala although the colour seems too
light (carapace solid brown with lighter edges, but plastron black-brown
surrounded by a yellow edge). Area is about right though Eastern Peru to
Northern Brazil and Guyana and Surinam.
The other option is P.pallidipectoris but this comes from the Chaco
region of Argentina so the area is a bit off. My book doesn't give a full
description of this fella but only says that the longitudinal carapace furrow
is only weakly developed.
The book does say that there are four species in the genus but does
not go into any more detail on the other two (Completely Illustrated Atlas of
Reptiles and Amphibians for the Terrarium, Fritz Jurgen Obst et al) possibly
because they are not imported for the pet trade.
These are the only chelonia I have seen with naturally occuring
longitudinal depressions in their carapaces and as your photo shows this kind
of feature would be my best guess.
Hope this identification is correct, but I am sure the photo will lead
to a fair bit of discussion from the group members.
Good luck in getting the correct answer
Andy M




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