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South American River Turtles
Podocnemis
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. Four additional species are known only from fossils. These turtles have pig-like noses but are not closely related to the pig-nosed turtle.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Yellow-headed Sideneck
speciesPodocnemis unifilis
Giant South American Turtle
speciesPodocnemis expansa
Savanna Side-necked Turtle
speciesPodocnemis vogli
Magdalena River Turtle
speciesPodocnemis lewyana
Red-headed Amazon River Turtle
speciesPodocnemis erythrocephala
Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle
speciesPodocnemis sextuberculata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40143.