Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle

The six-tubercled Amazon River turtle[2] or six-tubercled river turtle (Podocnemis sextuberculata) is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae.

Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle
Young Podocnemis sextuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Podocnemididae
Genus: Podocnemis
Species:
P. sextuberculata
Binomial name
Podocnemis sextuberculata
Cornalia, 1849

It is found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and possibly Ecuador.[3]

References
  1. Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Podocnemis sextuberculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  2. Podocnemis sextuberculata, Reptile Database
  3. Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R. Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) (2017). Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Pritchard, P.C.H., and Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs. Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (8 ed.). 7: 1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)


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