Hydromedusa
Genus of turtles
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Hydromedusa, commonly known as the South American snake-necked turtles, is a genus of turtles in the family Chelidae. They are quite closely related to the South American side-necked swamp turtles (Acanthochelys) and the snake-necked turtles of the Australian-Melanesian region (Chelodina), but less closely to the spine-necked river turtles of South America (Podocnemididae) which belong to a more modern lineage of Pleurodira.
| Hydromedusa Temporal range: Paleocene-Recent ~ | |
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| Argentine snake-necked turtle, Hydromedusa tectifera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydromedusinae |
| Genus: | Hydromedusa Wagler 1830 |
Species
This genus contains the following three species:
- †Hydromedusa casamayorensis de la Fuente & Bona, 2002 – Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations, Argentina
- Hydromedusa maximiliani (Mikan, 1820)[1] – Brazilian snake-necked turtle
- Hydromedusa tectifera Cope, 1869[2] – Argentine snake-necked turtle
