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  2. Phrynops williamsi - Wikipedia

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    Phrynops williamsi, also known commonly as Williams' side-necked turtle, Williams' South American sideneck turtle, William's [] South American side-necked turtle, William's [] toadhead turtle, and Williams' toadhead turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.

  3. Pleurodira - Wikipedia

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    The Pleurodira turtles are currently restricted to freshwater habitats in the Southern Hemisphere, largely to Australia, South America, and Africa. Within the Pleurodira, three living families are represented: Chelidae , also known as the Austro-South American side-necked turtles, the Pelomedusidae , also known as the African mud terrapins, and ...

  4. Chelidae - Wikipedia

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    Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. [2] The family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia, and throughout most of South America. It is a large family of turtles with a significant fossil history dating back to the ...

  5. Argentine snake-necked turtle - Wikipedia

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    The Argentine snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera), [2] also known commonly as the South American snake-necked turtle [2] is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.The species is known for the long neck to which its common names refer.

  6. Podocnemididae - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Category:Turtles of South America - Wikipedia

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    Turtles of South America — turtles, tortoises, and terrapins native to terrestrial−land, freshwater, and coastal marine ecosystems and habitats of South America. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

  8. Phrynops - Wikipedia

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    The genus is widely distributed in South America found in the Orinoco to Amazon and São Francisco to Paraná and adjacent river basins of Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina (Iverson, 1992). [5] A turtle of the genus Phrynops generally achieves thermoregulation through areal basking. In order ...

  9. Yellow-spotted river turtle - Wikipedia

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    Podocnemis unifilis is a type of side-necked turtles, so called because they do not pull their heads directly into their shells, but rather bend their necks sideways to tuck their heads under the rim of their shells. Side-neck turtles are classified as members of the suborder Pleurodira.

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