EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Podocnemis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Podocnemidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Podocnemis (South American Side-necked River Turtles)
species
species list
P. erythrocephala (Red-headed River Turtle)
P. expansa (South American River Turtle)
P. lewyana (Magdalena River Turtle)
P. sextuberculata (Six-tubercled River Turtle)
P. unifilis (Yellow-spotted River Turtle)
P. vogli (Savanna Side-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Wagler 1830 : 135
- Common Name
- South American Side-necked River Turtles
- Distribution
- Northern South America
- Comments
- Reviewed by Williams (1954a) and Pritchard and Trebbau (1984).
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