EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Phrynops rufipes
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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 rufipes (Red Side-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Spix 1824 : 7
- Holotype
- ZSM 3006/0
- Type Locality
- "Rio Solimoens" [= Río Solimoes, South America]
- Original name
- Emys rufipes
- Common Name
- Red Side-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Amazon river basin in southeastern Colombia, (possibly) Peru, and northwestern Brazil
- Comments
- Subgenus Phrynops. Reviewed by Lamar and Medem (1984) and Groombridge (1982).
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