Hydrodynastes gigas ( Duméril et al., 1854 )

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Hydrodynastes gigas ( Duméril et al., 1854)

Type locality. Province of Corrientes, Argentina .

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay ( Plt. 274A ). In Brazil, recorded in the Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, Pantanal, Chiquitano Dry Forest and Amazonia ( Plt. 274A ), mostly at low elevations ( Plt. 274B ). Observed in the field in wetlands, in gallery forest, and savanna ( Santos-Costa, 2003; Bernarde and Abe, 2006).

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Plate 274. Distribution map of Hydrodynastes gigas in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.