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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 largest specimen recorded possessed a 50 cm (1.6 ft) long carapace and weighing 15 kg (33 lb). ... the Big-headed Amazon River turtle prefers concealed nests. [7]
The yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle [6] (Podocnemis unifilis), also known commonly as the yellow-headed sideneck turtle and the yellow-spotted river turtle, and locally as the taricaya, is one of the largest South American river turtles.
Giant South American turtle: Amazon basin: Podocnemis lewyana: Magdalena River turtle: Magdalena River: Endemic; endangered: Podocnemis sextuberculata: Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle: Amazon basin: vulnerable: Podocnemis unifilis: Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle: Amazon basin: vulnerable: Podocnemis vogli: Savanna side-necked turtle ...
The latest batch of baby yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles was set free on Tuesday in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve. Peru releases artificially hatched baby turtles into wild Skip to main ...
Around 3,200 yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles, known locally as taricayas, were freed as part of a plan to repopulate the species, which is threatened by hunting.
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.
The Amazon has two separate basins. The larger basin in the south is home to the green anaconda from which the northern green anaconda comes. The smaller basin in the north is home to the newly ...