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Original
Description |
Schweigger 1812 : 302 |
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Type
Locality |
"Brasilia" |
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Holotype |
MNHN 9417 |
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Original name |
Emys geoffroana |
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Common
name |
Geoffroy's Side-necked Turtle |
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Distribution |
Orinoco to Amazon and São Francisco to Parana river basins of Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Paraguay, and possibly northern Argentina |
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Comments |
Subgenus Phrynops. Includes Phrynops tuberosus (Peters, 1870:311) according to Wermuth and Mertens (1977), although this taxon may deserve species status (see Pritchard and Trebbau, 1984; who review Phrynops geoffroanus). |
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