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    Species Accepted

    Podocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852

    Rio Magdalena River Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Podocnemis
    IUCNCritically Endangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      2 results
      Rio Magdalena River Turtle English
      Tortuga del río Magdalena Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      1 result
      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      32 results
      Alderton, D. (1988). Turtles and tortoises of the world. Facts on File, New York.
      Bour, & Roger. (2006). Types of Podocnemidae in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Emys 13 (1): 27-40.
      Cornejo-Páramo, P., Lira-Noriega, A., Ramírez-Suástegui, C. et al. (2020). Sex determination systems in reptiles are related to ambient temperature but not to the level of climatic fluctuation. BMC Evol Biol 20: 103.
      Forrero-Medina, German, Natalia Gallego and Ruben Palacios. (2014). Working to conserve Colombia’s most imperiled Turtle Species. Turtle Survival 2014: 58-61.
      Veloza-Romero, Felipe; J. Nicolás Urbina-Cardona. (2025). Functional Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles in Tropical Dry Forest Remnants and Anthropogenic Cover Types in the Lower Bogotá River Sub-Basin (Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia). In: Urbina-Cardona et al. (eds.) Andean Herpetofauna ... Springer-Nature, Pp. 59-88 [2026].
      Páez, V.P., J.C. Correa-H. & A.M. Cano. (2009). A comparison of maternal and temperature effects on sex, size and growth of hatchlings of the Magdalena River turtle (Podocnemis lewyana) incubated under field and laboratory conditions. Copeia 2009 (4): 698-704.
      Steindachner, & Franz. (1902). Herpetologische und ichthyologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Südamerika mit einer Einleitung von Therese Prinzessin von Bayern. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien (Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse) 72: 89–148.
      Vargas-Ramirez, M.; Chiari, Y.; Castaño-Mora, O.V. & Menken, S.B.J. (2007). Low genetic variability in the endangered Colombian endemic freshwater turtle Podocnemis lewyana (Testudines, Podocnemididae). Contributions to Zoology 76 (1): 1-7.
      RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK. (2012). Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
      Gómez-Saldarriaga, Catalina; Nicole Valenzuela, and Claudia P. Ceballos. (2016). Effects of Incubation Temperature on Sex Determination in the Endangered Magdalena River Turtle, Podocnemis lewyana. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 15 (1): 43-53.

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