Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle

Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Mesoclemmys
Species:	M. vanderhaegei
Binomial name
	Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei; (Bour, 1973)
Synonyms
	Synonymy Phrynops schoepfii ; Fitzinger in Diesing, 1840 ; (nomen nudum); Phrynops paraguayensis ; Vanzolini in Donoso-Barros, 1965 ; (nomen nudum); Phrynops tuberculatus vanderhaegei ; Bour, 1973; Phrynops (Batrachemys) vanderhaegei ; — Pritchard, 1979; Batrachemys vanderhaegei ; — Lema, 1994; Bufocephala vanderhaegei ; — McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar, 2001; Bufocephalus vanderhaegei ; — Joseph-Ouni, 2004; Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei ; — Bour & Zaher, 2005; Bufocephala (Phrynops) vanderhaegi [sic]; Bonin, Devaux & Dupré, 2006 ; (ex errore);

Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle (Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.

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