Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Troschel, F. H. Amphibien. In: M.R. Schomburgk. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt. Theil 3. Versuch einer Zusammenstellung der Fauna und Flora von British-Guiana.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Testudines
- family
- Podocnemididae
- genus
- Podocnemis
- species
- Podocnemis unifilis
Name
- Synonyms
- Chelys lata Bell, 1830
- Emys cayennensis Schweigger
- Podocnemis cayennensis (Schweigger, 1812)
- Podocnemis tracaya Coutinho, 1868
- Testudo terekay Humboldt, 1831
- Homonyms
- Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848
- Common names
- Tracajá in Portuguese
- Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle in English
- Yellow-spotted River Turtle in English
- Yellow-spotted Sideneck Turtle in English
- Zé-Prego in Portuguese
- tracaja in Spanish
- yellow-headed sideneck turtle in language.
- yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle in language.
- Yellow-spotted River Turtle in English
- Podocnémide de Cayenne in French
- Terecay in Spanish
- Yellow-headed Sideneck in English
- Yellow-spotted Sideneck Turtle in English
Bibliographic References
- Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.