EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Peltocephalus dumerilianus
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Podocnemidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Peltocephalus (Big-headed Amazon River Turtles)
species..............Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Big-headed Amazon River Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Schweigger 1812 : 300
- Holotype
- Formerly in the MNHN, but apparently now lost; see Comment.
- Type Locality
- "America meridionali".
- Original name
- Emys dumeriliana
- Common Name
- Big-headed Amazon River Turtle
- Distribution
- Orinoco to Amazon river basins in Venezuela, eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, French Guiana, and Brazil
- Comments
- Reviewed by Pritchard and Trebbau (1984). Fretey (1977
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