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    Species Accepted

    Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Arrau English
      Arrau River Turtle English
      Arrau-Schienenschildkröte German
      Arrau-folyamteknős Hungarian
      Arrauschildkröte German
      Arrauschildpad Dutch
      Capitari Portuguese
      Charapa Spanish
      Giant Amazon River Turtle English
      Giant South American River Turtle English

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      90 results
      Gorzula, Stefan, Senaris, & Celsa, J. (1999). In: Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae, Caracas, No. 8 [1998], 269+ Pp.; ISBN 980-6020-48-0.
      Gray, 1831)
      Hoogmoed,M.S. and Gruber,U. (1983). Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands). Spixiana Suppl. 9: 319-415.
      Bour, & Roger. (2006). Types of Podocnemidae in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Emys 13 (1): 27-40.
      Carneiro, Cristiane Costa and Juarez Pezzuti. (2015). Podocnemis expansa (giant Amazon River turtle) post-reproductive migration. Herpetological Review 46 (2): 244-245.
      Herz, M. (2014). Begegnungen mit Schildkröten im venezolanischen Bundesstaat Amazonas. Teil 1: Wasserschildkröten. Reptilia (Münster) 19 (110): 52-59.
      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.
      Rudge-Ferrara, Camila; Richard C. Vogt, Renata S. Sousa-Lima, Bruno M.R. Tardio, and Virginia Campos Diniz Bernardes. (2014). Sound Communication and Social Behavior in an Amazonian River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa). Herpetologica Jun 2014, Vol. 70, No. 2: 149-156.
      Bonach, K., C.I. Piña & L.M. Verdade. (2006). Allometry of reproduction of Podocnemis expansa in Southern Amazon basin. Amphibia-Reptilia 27(1): 55-61.
      Da Cunha, Fernando Lima Rodrigues, Rafael Bernhard and Richard C. Vogt. (2014). Podocnemis erythrocephala, Podocnemis expansa, Podocnemis sextuberculata, Podocnemis unifilis (red-headed Amazon River turtle, giant South American River turtle, six-tubercled Amazon River turtle, yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle) coexistence. Herpetological Review 45 (2): 319.

      Citation

      Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) in undefined