Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle
| Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle | |
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| Young Podocnemis sextuberculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | Podocnemis |
| Species: | P. sextuberculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849
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The six-tubercled Amazon River turtle[3] or six-tubercled river turtle (Podocnemis sextuberculata) is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae.
It is found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and possibly Ecuador.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Podocnemis sextuberculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Podocnemis sextuberculata, Reptile Database
- ^ Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; Bour, R.; Fritz, U.; Georges, A.; Shaffer, H.B.; van Dijk, P.P. (2017). Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; van Dijk, P.P.; Saumure, R.A.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Pritchard, P.C.H.; Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs. Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 7 (8 ed.): 1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. ISBN 9781532350269.
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