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    This document reports on the geographic distribution of Hydromedusa tectifera, a species of South American side-necked turtle. It describes a new record of H. tectifera found in Ritápolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, extending its known range by 210km northwest. This individual, a juvenile, was found at an elevation of 1051m above sea level within the cerrado biome, representing the first record of the species occurring in this biome and in the state of Minas Gerais. Previously, H. tectifera had only been recorded in southeastern Brazil within the Atlantic rainforest biome. This distribution extension expands the understanding of the habitat range of H. tectifera.

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    This document reports on the geographic distribution of Hydromedusa tectifera, a species of South American side-necked turtle. It describes a new record of H. tectifera found in Ritápolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, extending its known range by 210km northwest. This individual, a juvenile, was found at an elevation of 1051m above sea level within the cerrado biome, representing the first record of the species occurring in this biome and in the state of Minas Gerais. Previously, H. tectifera had only been recorded in southeastern Brazil within the Atlantic rainforest biome. This distribution extension expands the understanding of the habitat range of H. tectifera.

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    This document reports on the geographic distribution of Hydromedusa tectifera, a species of South American side-necked turtle. It describes a new record of H. tectifera found in Ritápolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, extending its known range by 210km northwest. This individual, a juvenile, was found at an elevation of 1051m above sea level within the cerrado biome, representing the first record of the species occurring in this biome and in the state of Minas Gerais. Previously, H. tectifera had only been recorded in southeastern Brazil within the Atlantic rainforest biome. This distribution extension expands the understanding of the habitat range of H. tectifera.

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    This document reports on the geographic distribution of Hydromedusa tectifera, a species of South American side-necked turtle. It describes a new record of H. tectifera found in Ritápolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, extending its known range by 210km northwest. This individual, a juvenile, was found at an elevation of 1051m above sea level within the cerrado biome, representing the first record of the species occurring in this biome and in the state of Minas Gerais. Previously, H. tectifera had only been recorded in southeastern Brazil within the Atlantic rainforest biome. This distribution extension expands the understanding of the habitat range of H. tectifera.

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    Check List 5(3): 396398, 2009.

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    Reptilia, Testudines, Chelidae: Hydromedusa tectifera: Distribution extension in Brazil


    Bernadete Maria de Sousa 1 Iara Alves Novelli 1, 2, 3
    1

    Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Instituto de Cincias Biolgicas, Laboratrio de Herpetologia. Campus Universitrio, Bairro Martelos. CEP 36036-330. Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. E-mail: bernadete.sousa@ufjf.edu.br
    2

    Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Ps-Graduao em Biologia Animal. BR-465, Km 7. CEP 23890-000. Seropdica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    3

    Centro Universitrio de Lavras - UNILAVRAS, Laboratrio de Zoologia. Rua Padre Jos Poggel, 506. CEP 37200-000. Centenrio, MG, Brazil.

    The genus Hydromedusa comprises two recognized species, H. maximiliani (Mikan, 1820) and H. tectifera Cope, 1869 from southern South America (Ernst and Barbour 1989, Fritz and Hava 2007). The geographic distribution of Hydromedusa tectifera is restricted to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Pritchard 1979; Ernst and Barbour 1989; Lema and Ferreira 1990; Fritz and Hava 2007). In Brazil, the range of this species was restricted to the So Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paran, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul states (Pritchard 1979; Ernst and Barbour 1989; Lema and Ferreira 1990; Lema et al. 2002; Ribas and Monteiro Filho 2002; Rocha et al. 2004; Santos et al. 2005; Ghizoni-Jr and Graipel 2005; Souza, 2005; Noleto et al. 2006; Pontes et al. 2006; Quintela et al. 2006; Fagundes and Bager 2007; Fritz and Havas 2007), in locations at sea level up to 1120 m above sea level (Ribas and Monteiro Filho 2002; Souza 2005; Pontes, et al. 2005; Quintela et al. 2006). According to Souza (2005) all records of this species are in the Atlantic rainforest biome. However, this species was recorded in the Pampa biome by Fagundes and Bager (2007). On 26 July 2006, one juvenile of H. tectifera (Figure 1-2) (carapace length = 112.4 mm, body mass = 165 g) was hand-captured, photographed and released in the Ritpolis (2100'02.42" S, 4418'16.09" W, 1051 m above sea level), southeast of state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, inside in the cerrado biome.

    Figure 1. Ventral view of juvenile H. tectifera collected at the municipality of Ritpolis, Minas Gerais state (scale bar = 5 cm). Collecting permits was authorized by Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renovveis - IBAMA) (Proc. # 02015.010660/05-88). The record here reported extend the known geographical distribution of H. tectifera ca. 210 km northwest from the nearest record in the municipality of Terespolis, Parque Nacional da Serra dos rgos (2230' S, 4302' W), state of Rio de Janeiro (Pontes et al. 2006). Until the current study H. tectifera was considered as exclusive species of the Atlantic rainforest biome (Souza 2005), and this occurrence constitutes the first record of this species in the Cerrado biome, and in the state of Minas Gerais.

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    Figure 2. Dorsal view of carapace of juvenile H. tectifera collected at the municipality of Ritpolis, Minas Gerais state (scale bar = 3 cm). Acknowledgements
    We thank Fundao de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) for the financial support (# EDT230/05).

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    Received May 2009 Accepted July 2009 Published online August 2009

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