Podocnemis
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Podocnemis is a genus of aquatic turtles, commonly known as South American river turtles, in the family Podocnemididae. The genus consists of six extant species occurring in tropical South America.[1] Four additional species are known only from fossils. These turtles have pig-like noses but are not closely related to the pig-nosed turtle.
Species
These six species are extant.[1]
- Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix, 1824)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – red-headed Amazon River turtle
- Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Arrau turtle
- Podocnemis lewyana A.H.A. Duméril, 1852Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Magdalena River turtle
- Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – six-tubercled Amazon River turtle
- Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – yellow-spotted river turtle, yellow-headed sideneck[2]
- Podocnemis vogli L. Müller, 1935Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – savanna side-necked turtle
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Podocnemis.
Fossil species
The following four species are extinct, all from Neogene deposits in South America:
- Podocnemis bassleri †
- Podocnemis medemi †[3]
- Podocnemis pritchardi †[3]
- Podocnemis tatacoensis †Cadena & Vanegas, 2023.[4]
The Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) species "Podocnemis" parva Haas, 1978, based on remains from the West Bank, is now assigned to Algorachelus, as A. parvus.[5]
References
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- ↑ a b Podocnemis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Yellow-headed sideneck, iNaturalist
- ↑ a b Wood RC (1997). "Turtles". In: Kay RF, Madden RH, Cifelli RL, Flynn JJ (editors). Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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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. (Genus Podocnemis, pp. 200–201, Figures 50–51).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. Template:ISBN. (Podocnemis, pp. 149, 271–272).
- Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Podocnemis, new genus, p. 135). (in German and Latin).