the fringed turtle, or mata-mata, or matamata (lat. chelus fimbriatus) is a south american

american amphibian animal appearance aquarium bizarre camouflage carapace chelus chin conical coral each edges excellent festoons fimbriatus fish flattened formed freshwater fringed genus given green growths head invertebrate keels lat leaf leathery length longitudinal making matamata matamata's mossy nature neck organism present proboscis reef reptile rock rows serrated serves sharp shield similar snake-necked soft soil south three throat tree triangular trunk tubercles turtle underwater wildlife