Big-headed Amazon River turtle
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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. An additional, much larger species is known, the extinct Peltocephalus maturin, is also part of the genus, Peltocephalus.[3][6]
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Peltocephalus dumerilianus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Podocnemididae |
Genus: | Peltocephalus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 [3] |
Species: | P. dumerilianus |
Binomial name | |
Peltocephalus dumerilianus | |
Synonyms[1][5] | |
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