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Giant Turtle Ants
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Giant Turtle Ants

Cephalotes atratus

6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Common Giant Turtle Ant

speciesCephalotes atratus

Cephalotes placidus

speciesCephalotes placidus

Cephalotes opacus

speciesCephalotes opacus

Cephalotes alfaroi

speciesCephalotes alfaroi

Cephalotes oculatus

speciesCephalotes oculatus

Cephalotes serraticeps

speciesCephalotes serraticeps

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1340238.