Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Schweigger, A. F. Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Testudines

family

Podocnemididae

genus

Podocnemis

species

Podocnemis expansa

Name

Synonyms

Emys amazonica Spix, 1824

Emys arrau Schinz, 1833

Emys expansa Schweigger, 1812

Hydraspis bitentaculata Gray, 1831

Testudo arrau Humboldt, 1831

Homonyms

Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812)

Common names

Arrau in language.

Arrau River Turtle in English

Arrau-Schienenschildkröte in German

Capitari in Portuguese

Giant Amazon River Turtle in English

Giant South American River Turtle in English

South American River Turtle in English

South American River Turtle in English

Tartaruga-da-Amazônia in Portuguese

True Amazon Turtle in English

Viração in Portuguese

tartaruga in Spanish

South American River Turtle in English

Arrau in English

Giant South American Turtle in English

Podocnémide élargie in French

Tartaruga in English

Bibliographic References

1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
2. 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.
3. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.