EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Phrynops geoffroanus
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Austrochelidinae ()
genus...............Phrynops (Toad-headed Turtles)
species..............Phrynops geoffroanus (Geoffroy's Side-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Schweigger 1812 : 302
- Holotype
- MNHN 9417
- Type Locality
- "Brasilia"
- Original name
- Emys geoffroana
- Common Name
- Geoffroy's Side-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Orinoco to Amazon and São Francisco to Parana river basins of Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Paraguay, and possibly northern Argentina
- 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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