Mesoclemmys nasuta

Mesoclemmys nasuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Mesoclemmys
Species:	M. nasuta
Binomial name
Mesoclemmys nasuta (Schweigger, 1812)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Emys nasuta Schweigger, 1812 Emys barbatula Gravenhorst, 1829 Rhinemys nasuta Wagler, 1830 Emys nasua Gray, 1831 (ex errore) Hydraspis barbatula Gray, 1831 Platemys schweiggerii Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Hydraspis (Rhinemys) nasuta Bonaparte, 1836 Platemys nasuta Strauch, 1862 Hydraspis maculata Gray, 1873 Platemys schweiggeri Boulenger, 1889 (ex errore) Phrynops walbaumi Fitzinger, 1904 (nomen nudum) Batrachemys nasuta Stejneger, 1909 Phrynops (Batrachemys) nasuta Zangerl & Medem, 1958 Phrynops nasutus Mertens, 1970 Phrynops nasatus Bour, 1973 (ex errore) Phrynops nasutus nasutus Bour, 1973 Hydraspis macula Lescure & Fretey, 1975 (ex errore) Phrynops nasuta nasuta Pritchard, 1979 Batrachemys nasutus Anan'eva, 1988 Mesoclemmys nasuta Bour & Zaher, 2005

Mesoclemmys nasuta is a species of turtle that lives in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the Guyanas (north-eastern South America).^[2][4]

A study found that this durophagous species (feeding on hard-shelled animals) had the highest bite force out of 28 species measured, at 432 N (97 lbf).^[5]