Argentine Snake-necked Turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera)

Argentine Snake-necked Turtle

Hydromedusa tectifera

Tortuga Cuello de Serpiente

Family: Chelidae
Order: Testudines
Class: Reptilia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Number of Photography: 49

Photography ID: 670888
Adult
Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Pablo Richter

Photography ID: 670887
Adult
Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Pablo Richter

Photography ID: 660213
Adult
Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Diego Trillo

Photography ID: 625436
Adult
Tanti
Córdoba
Argentina
01/29/2025
Damián Carnevale

Photography ID: 607301
Adult
Ruta 14
Rocha
Uruguay
11/02/2024
Guillermo Menéndez

Photography ID: 596251
♀ Adult
Alto Vera
Itapúa
Paraguay
08/17/2024
Roberto Fermín Derna

Photography ID: 582602
Adult
Bella Unión
Artigas
Uruguay
03/28/2024
Julio Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira

Photography ID: 566999
Adult
Parque Centenario
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/24/2021
Ezequiel Vera

Photography ID: 549074
Adult
Junín
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/12/2023
Javier Villamil

Photography ID: 540150
Adult
City Bell
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/27/2009
Roberto Battaglia

Photography ID: 539035
Adult
Saladillo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/19/2023
Juan Atenzio

Photography ID: 476695
Adult
Ruta Provincial 3, 20.47 km S Rauch, Partido de Rauch
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/11/2021
Mateo Luciano Rybar Zijlstra

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Number of Records: 72

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2401114

12/12/2025

10:11

Argentina

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Sendero del medio, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2426639

09/11/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Eco Área Avellaneda, Avellaneda

Pablo Richter

2387846

09/11/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Eco Área Avellaneda, Avellaneda

Diego Trillo

2381197

01/11/2025

Argentina

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)

Nicolas Olejnik

2260815

29/01/2025

Argentina

Córdoba

Tanti

Damián Carnevale

2182466

02/11/2024

Uruguay

Rocha

Ruta 14

Guillermo Menéndez

2134711

17/08/2024

Paraguay

Itapúa

Reserva San Rafael (procosara), Alto Vera

Roberto Fermín Derna

2136414

25/07/2024

Argentina

Córdoba

La Calera

Diego Oscar

2029705

28/03/2024

Uruguay

Artigas

Bella Unión, Bella Unión

Julio Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira

2139981

28/10/2023

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Reserva Río Reconquista, San Martín

Mauro Carballo

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