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    Species Accepted

    Platemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792)

    (Western) Twist-neck Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Platemys

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      27 results
      (Western) Twist-neck Turtle English
      Charapa Portuguese
      Charapita Portuguese
      Charapita-de-Aguajal Portuguese
      Charapita-de-Altura Portuguese
      Chata Portuguese
      Cágado Portuguese
      Jabuti-Machado Portuguese
      Jabuti-Mato-Grossense Portuguese
      Jabuti-manchado Portuguese

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      71 results
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      Lima Moraes, L. J. C. de, do Nascimento Rainha, R., de Pinho Werneck, F., de Souza Oliveira, A. F., Gascon, C., & de Carvalho, V. T. (2022). Amphibians and reptiles from a protected area in western Brazilian Amazonia (Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 62, E202262054-E202262054.
      Moravec, J., & Aparicio, J. (2005). Notes on the herpetofauna of Bioceanica and Bolpebra (Provincia Nicolas Suaréz, Departamento Pando, Biolivia). Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series 174 (1-4): 95-113.
      CATENAZZI, A., LEHR, E., & VON MAY, R. (2013). The amphibians and reptiles of Manu National Park and its buffer zone, Amazon basin and eastern slopes of the Andes, Peru. Biota Neotropica 13 (4): 269-283.
      CUNHA, F. A. G., C. S. DOS ANJOS, AND R. C. VOGT. (2020). Platemys platycephala (Twist-Necked Turtle). Ectoparasites. Herpetological Review 51: 580-581.
      Hoogmoed M.S.; de Avila-Pires T C S. (1991). Annotoated checklist of the herpetofauna of Petit Saut, Sinnamary River, French Guiana. Zoologische Mededelingen 65: 53-88.
      TTWG [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. (2025). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 10:1-575.
      Moraes LJCL, Almeida AP, Fraga R, Rojas RR, Pirani RM, Silva AAA, de Carvalho VT, Gordo M, & Werneck FP. (2017). Integrative overview of the herpetofauna from Serra da Mocidade, a granitic mountain range in Northern Brazil . ZooKeys 715: 103-159.
      O’Shea, M. (1998). The Reptilian Herpetofauna of the Ilha de Maraca. In: William Milliken and James A. Ratter (eds.) Maraca: The Biodiversity and Environment ofan Amazonian Rainforest. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
      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.

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