Big-headed Amazon River turtle
| Peltocephalus dumerilianus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | Peltocephalus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 [2] |
| Species: | P. dumerilianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger, 1812) [3] | |
| Synonyms [1][4] | |
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The big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus),[4] also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The species is monotypic within the genus Peltocephalus.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, dumerilianus, is in honor of French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril.[5]
Geographic range
P. dumerilianus is found in Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, and possibly Peru.[4]
References
- 1 2 Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Peltocephalus dumeriliana. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- 1 2 "Peltocephalus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ "Peltocephalus dumerilianus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 1 2 3 "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". Reptile Database.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Peltocephalus dumeriliana, p. 77).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1889. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-III. (Podocnemis tracaxa, p. 206).
- Schweigger [AF]. 1812. "Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum ". Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271-368, 406-458. (Emys dumeriliana, new species, p. 300). (in Latin).
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