Английская Википедия:Big-headed Amazon River turtle

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox The big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus),[1] also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The species is monotypic within the genus Peltocephalus.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dumerilianus, is in honor of French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril.[3]

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Big-headed Amazon River turtle swimming

Geographic range

P. dumerilianus is found in Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, and possibly in Peru.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. dumerilianus are rivers and freshwater swamps.[1]

Reproduction

Like all other turtles, P. dumerilianus is oviparous.[1]

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1889). 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. (Podocnemis tracaxa, p. 206).
  • Schweigger [AF] (1812). "Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum ". Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271-368, 406–458. (Emys dumeriliana, new species, p. 300). (in Latin).

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 "Peltocephalus dumerilianus ". The Reptile Database.
  2. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок ITISGenus не указан текст
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Peltocephalus dumeriliana, p. 77).
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