EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Podocnemis erythrocephala


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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 erythrocephala (Red-headed River Turtle)
Original Description
Spix 1824 : 9
Holotype
ZSM 2517/0
Type Locality
"Rio Solimoens" [= Río Solimoes, South America]; however, Vanzolini (1981:xxvi) believes the species does not occur in the Rio Solimoens
Original name
Emys erythrocephala
Common Name
Red-headed River Turtle
Distribution
Upper Orinoco to Amazon river basins in Southern Venezuela, eastern Colombia, and northern Brazil
Comments
Referred to as Podocnemis cayennensis (Schweigger, 1812) by most authors prior to 1974. Reviewed by Mittermeier and Wilson (1974), Groombridge (1982) and Pritchard and Trebbau (1984).
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