Biology:Phrynops geoffroanus
Phrynops geoffroanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Genus: | Phrynops |
Species: | P. geoffroanus
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Binomial name | |
Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Species Synonymy
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Phrynops geoffroanus, also commonly known as Geoffroy's side-necked turtle and Geoffroy's toadhead turtle, is a species of large side-necked turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology
The specific name, geoffroanus, is in honor of French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.[2]
Geographic range
P. geoffroanus is found in southwestern Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru, southward and eastward through southwestern Brazil and northern Bolivia to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina , then northward through eastern Brazil.[3] It also occurs in eastern Venezuela,[3] and in adjacent Guyana.[citation needed]
Habitat
The prferred natural habitat of P. geoffroanus is freshwater rivers.[3]
References
- ↑ Schweigger, Augustus F. (1812). "Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum ". Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271–368, 406–462. (Emys geoffroana, new species, pp. 302-303). (in Latin).
- ↑ 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. (Phrynops geoffroanus, p. 99).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Phrynops geoffroanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
- Phrynops geoffroanus. The Reptile Database.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1899). 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. (Hydraspis geoffroyana, pp. 223–224).
Wikidata ☰ Q2507664 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynops geoffroanus.
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