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)
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- 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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