Biology:Big-headed Amazon River turtle
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Short description: Species of turtle
Peltocephalus dumerilianus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Podocnemididae |
Genus: | Peltocephalus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 [4] |
Species: | P. dumerilianus
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Binomial name | |
Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger, 1812) [3]
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Synonyms[1][5] | |
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The big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus),[5] also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The species is monotypic within the genus Peltocephalus.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, dumerilianus, is in honor of French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril.[6]
Geographic range
P. dumerilianus is found in Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, and possibly in Peru.[5]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. dumerilianus are rivers and freshwater swamps.[5]
Reproduction
Like all other turtles, P. dumerilianus is oviparous.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T16511A5972664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16511A5972664.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16511/5972664. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=551901.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Peltocephalus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=551740.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". The Reptile Database.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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).
Wikidata ☰ Q2716575 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-headed Amazon River turtle.
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