EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Podocnemis vogli
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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 vogli (Savanna Side-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Müller 1935 : 104
- Holotype
- ZSM 128/28
- Type Locality
- "Barinas (Staat Zamora [= Estado Barinas]), Venezuela"
- Original name
- Podocnemis vogli
- Common Name
- Savanna Side-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Colombia and Venezuela
- Comments
- Reviewed by Alarcon Pardo (1969), Groombridge (1982), Ramo (1982), and Pritchard and Trebbau (1984).
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