Red-headed Amazon River Turtle
- Red-headed Amazon River Turtle
Taxobox
name = Red-headed Amazon River Turtle
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Pelomedusidae
genus = "Podocnemis"
species = "P. erythrocephala"
binomial = "Podocnemis erythrocephala"
binomial_authority = (Spix, 1824)
synonyms = The Red-headed Amazon River Turtle, Red-headed River Turtle, or Red-headed Sideneck ("Podocnemis erythrocephala") is a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.
ource
* Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/17821/all Podocnemis erythrocephala] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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