Big-headed Amazon River turtle

Peltocephalus dumerilianus
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]
  • Emys dumeriliana
    Schweigger, 1812
  • Emys macrocephala Spix, 1824
  • Emys tracaxa Spix, 1824
  • Chelys (Hydraspis) lata
    Gray in Griffith, 1831
  • Emys icterocephala
    Gray in Griffith, 1831
  • Chelys (Hydraspis) dumerilliana [sic] — Gray, 1831
  • Podocnemis dumeriliana
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Peltocephalus tracaxa
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Podocnemis tracaxa
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Peltocephalus dumeriliana
    — Obst, 1985
  • Peltocephalus dumerilianus
    — Gorzula & Señaris, 1999

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. 1 2 Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). "Peltocephalus dumeriliana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Peltocephalus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ↑ "Peltocephalus dumerilianus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. 1 2 3 "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". Reptile Database.
  5. ↑ 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).

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