Phrynops geoffroanus
Species of turtle
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Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 2.3) | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Phrynops |
| Species: | P. geoffroanus |
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| Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812)[1] | |
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Phrynops geoffroanus, also commonly known as Geoffroy's side-necked turtle and Geoffroy's toadhead turtle, is a species of large side-necked turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology
The specific name, geoffroanus, is in honor of French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.[4]
Geographic range
P. geoffroanus is found in southwestern Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru, southward and eastward through southwestern Brazil and northern Bolivia to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, then northward through eastern Brazil.[5] It also occurs in eastern Venezuela,[5] and in adjacent Guyana.[citation needed]
Habitat
The prferred natural habitat of P. geoffroanus is freshwater rivers.[5]
References
- ^ Schweigger, Augustus F. (1812). "Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum ". Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271–368, 406–462. (Emys geoffroana, new species, pp. 302-303). (in Latin).
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 340–341. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
- ^ van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2012). "Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs (5): 000.243–000.328.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phrynops geoffroanus, p. 99).
- ^ a b c "Phrynops geoffroanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phrynops geoffroanus.
Wikispecies has information related to Phrynops geoffroanus.
- Phrynops geoffroanus. The Reptile Database.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1899). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-III. (Hydraspis geoffroyana, pp. 223–224).
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Side-necked turtle species
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- Suborder: Pleurodira
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- Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.
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