Big-headed Amazon River turtle

Peltocephalus dumerilianus
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Podocnemididae
Genus: Peltocephalus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 [4]
Species:
P. dumerilianus
Binomial name
Peltocephalus dumerilianus
(Schweigger, 1812) [3]
Synonyms[1][5]
  • 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),[5] also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae.[4]

  1. ^ a b Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16511A5972664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16511A5972664.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. ^ a b "Peltocephalus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  5. ^ a b "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". The Reptile Database.