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Original
Description |
Spix 1824 : 9 |
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Type
Locality |
"Rio Solimoens" [= Río Solimoes, South America]; however, Vanzolini (1981:xxvi) believes the species does not occur in the Rio Solimoens |
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Holotype |
ZSM 2517/0 |
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Original name |
Emys erythrocephala |
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Common
name |
Red-headed River Turtle |
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Distribution |
Upper Orinoco to Amazon river basins in Southern Venezuela, eastern Colombia, and northern Brazil |
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Comments |
Referred to as Podocnemis cayennensis (Schweigger, 1812) by most authors prior to 1974. Reviewed by Mittermeier and Wilson (1974), Groombridge (1982) and Pritchard and Trebbau (1984). |
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