EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Podocnemis sextuberculata
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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 sextuberculata (Six-tubercled River Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Cornalia 1849 : 13
- Holotype
- Not found, although illustrated in the original description. Originally in the Milano Museum (MSNM) according to R. Bour pers. comm.
- Type Locality
- "Fl. Amazonum" [= Amazon River, South America]
- Original name
- Podocnemis expansa sextuberculata
- Common Name
- Six-tubercled River Turtle
- Distribution
- Amazon river drainage of northern Brazil, southeastern Colombia, and northeastern Peru
- Comments
- Reviewed by Groombridge (1982).
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