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The Big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus), [5] also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. [4]
Podocnemididae is a family of pleurodire (side-necked) turtles, once widely distributed.Most of its 41 genera and 57 species are now extinct. Seven of its eight surviving species are native to South America: the genus Peltocephalus, with two species, only one of which is extant (P. dumerilianus, the Big-headed Amazon River turtle); and the genus Podocnemis, with six living species of South ...
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.
Amazon basin: vulnerable: Side-necked turtles - Podocnemididae: Scientific name Common name Distribution Status Peltocephalus dumerilianus: Big-headed Amazon River turtle: Amazon basin: vulnerable: Podocnemis erythrocephala: Red-headed Amazon River turtle: Amazon basin: vulnerable: Podocnemis expansa: Giant South American turtle: Amazon basin ...
Big-headed Amazon River turtle; Big-headed pantanal swamp turtle; Black spine-neck swamp turtle; Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle; Brazilian snake-necked turtle; C.
Big-headed Amazon River turtle; M. Peltocephalus maturin This page was last edited on 13 October 2019, at 07:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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 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.