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Podocnemis
Wagler, 1830
(reptile)
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Podocnemididae (Family) - Madagascan big-headed turtles and American sideneck river turtles
..Erymnochelys (Genus)
..Peltocephalus (Genus)
..Podocnemis (Genus)
....Podocnemis erythrocephala (Species) - red-headed Amazon River turtle
....Podocnemis expansa (Species) - giant South American river turtle
....Podocnemis lewyana (Species) - Magdalena River turtle
....Podocnemis sextuberculata (Species) - six-tubercled Amazon River turtle
....Podocnemis unifilis (Species) - yellow-spotted river turtle
....Podocnemis vogli (Species) - savanna sideneck turtle
Authorship
Original name
:
Wagler, 1830. Nat. Syst. Amph., 135.
Types
Type of
:
Podocnemididae
(Family)
Cope, 1868
Ref:
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014
: 441.
[inferred]
Type
:
Podocnemis expansa
(Schweigger, 1812)
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
scheenplaatschildpadden
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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