August 14, 2008
Matamata Turtle
![Matamata Turtle](https://cdn-0.itsnature.org/wp-content/themes/ribbon-lite/images/nothumb-featured.png)
The Matamata or ‘I kill, I kill’ as it is translated in Spanish is known to live in parts of the Amazon, Brazil and Trinidad. The Matamata is a master of camouflage in its river-bed environment, it will lay in wait expertly camouflaged by the dark brown colouring of its shell, coupled with the roughness