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Big-headed Amazon river turtle
Big-headed Amazon river turtle
(Peltocephalus dumeriliana)
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Also known as:
Big-headed sideneck
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Testudines
Family
Pelomedusidae
Genus
Peltocephalus
(1)
Size
Carapace length: 44 cm
(2)
Status
Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List 2006
(1)
and listed on Appendix II of CITES
(3)
.
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