The black spine-neck swamp turtle, spiny-neck turtle or Spix's sideneck turtle (Acanthochelys spixii) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and possibly Paraguay.
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- ^ Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Acanthochelys spixii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- ^ Duméril, A.M.C., and G. Bibron. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, Vol. 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, iv + 680 p.
- ^ Spix, J.B. von. 1824. Animalia nova; sive, Species novae Testudinum et Ranarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis 1817-20 collegit et descripsit. F.S. Hübschmann, München. iv + 53 pp.
- ^ Duméril, A.M.C. and Bibron, G. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris: Roret, 680 pp.
- ^ Gray, J.E. 1873. Observations on chelonians, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)11:289-308.
- ^ Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5:000.165-000.242. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22.
- ^ Fritz, U. and Havaš, P. 2007. Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57(2):148-368 ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
