Totally Different Species - Earth.com

The researchers discovered that the mata mata turtles living in South America actually belong to two different species. And as well as Chelus fimbriata – which is limited to the Amazon basin – there is also Chelus orinocensis. And this latter creature inhabits the more northerly Orinoco watershed. Photo Credit: prill/Getty Images

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