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The Arrau turtle (Podocnemis expansa), also known as the South American river turtle, giant South American turtle, giant Amazon River turtle, Arrau sideneck turtle, Amazon River turtle or simply the Arrau, [1] [3] [4] [5] is the largest of the side-neck turtles and the largest freshwater turtle in Latin America. [5]
The mata mata, mata-mata, or matamata (Chelus fimbriata) [7] is a South American species of freshwater turtle found in the Amazon basin and river system of the eastern Guianas. It was formerly believed to also occur in the Orinoco basin, western Guianas and upper Rio Negro – Branco system, but in 2020 these populations were found to belong to ...
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Peltocephalus maturin is an extinct species of podocnemidid river turtle closely related to the big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus) that lived during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in what is now Brazil.
NO. 4: ‘STRANGE’ 8-EYED CREATURE — A SPEEDY HUNTER — FOUND IN INDIA. IT’S A NEW SPECIES. Researchers described the animal’s hunting method as surprising and notable. | Published ...
The yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus), also known as the Brazilian giant tortoise, [2] is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae and is closely related to the red-footed tortoise (C. carbonarius). It is found in the Amazon Basin of South America.
An Aldabra giant tortoise, an example of a giant tortoise.. Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, [1] as well as two extant species with multiple subspecies formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands.
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