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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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 670888
  Adult
Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Pablo Richter
Foto
Photography ID: 670887
  Adult
Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Pablo Richter
Foto
Photography ID: 660213
  Adult
Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 625436
  Adult
Tanti
Córdoba
Argentina
01/29/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 549074
  Adult
Junín
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/12/2023
Javier Villamil
Foto
Photography ID: 540150
  Adult
City Bell
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/27/2009
Roberto Battaglia
Foto
Photography ID: 539035
  Adult
Saladillo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/19/2023
Juan Atenzio
Foto
Photography ID: 468482
  Adult
Berisso
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/30/2021
Ricardo Cadenas
Foto
Photography ID: 460664
  Immature
Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/06/2021
Florencia L. Musso
Foto
Photography ID: 456436
  Adult
Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/17/2021
Florencia L. Musso



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240111412/12/202510:11ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresSendero del medio, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Gustavo Fernando Durán
242663909/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, Avellaneda1Pablo Richter
238784609/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
238119701/11/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Nicolas Olejnik
226081529/01/2025ArgentinaCórdobaTantiDamián Carnevale
213641425/07/2024ArgentinaCórdobaLa Calera1Diego Oscar
213998128/10/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Río Reconquista, San MartínMauro Carballo
178200919/06/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresJuncal de un arroyo, SaladilloJuan Atenzio
188644012/03/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Laguna de Gomez, JunínJavier Villamil
148744130/10/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresTerraplén Costero, BerissoRicardo Cadenas
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Argentine Snake-necked Turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 25/03/2026.