EMYSystem Species Page: Podocnemis sextuberculata (Six-tubercled River Turtle)

EMYSystem Species Page: Podocnemis sextuberculata

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Order Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)

Family Podocnemidae ()

Subfamily no_subfamily ()

Genus Podocnemis (South American Side-necked River Turtles)

Species Podocnemis sextuberculata (Six-tubercled River Turtle)

range of species Podocnemis sextuberculata

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	Original Description	Cornalia 1849 : 13
	Type Locality	"Fl. Amazonum" [= Amazon River, South America]
	Holotype	Not found, although illustrated in the original description. Originally in the Milano Museum (MSNM) according to R. Bour pers. comm.
	Original name	Podocnemis expansa sextuberculata
	Common name	Six-tubercled River Turtle
	Distribution	Amazon river drainage of northern Brazil, southeastern Colombia, and northeastern Peru
	Comments	Reviewed by Groombridge (1982).

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