Species that live in a habitat similar to the Giant South American turtle Results 1 - 20
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Water frog (Telmatobius peruvianus)
The genus Telmatobius comprises around 50 species of aquatic and semi-aquatic frogs, distributed on the slopes of the Andes, from ...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Boto (Inia geoffrensis)
The boto is probably the best known of the five river dolphins. It has an extremely distinctive shape with a long, plump body, pad...  More  27 Images  6 Videos
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Bulrush (Typha latifolia)
The bulrush was termed 'reedmace' by botanists until the 1970s, but the common English name 'bulrush’'has since been accepted. Thi...  More  7 Images  2 Videos
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Big-headed Amazon river turtle (Peltocephalus dumeriliana)
The big-headed Amazon river turtle has a grey-brown to black domed upper shell (carapace) with a keel running down its centre, whi...  More  2 Images  1 Video
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Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
The Orinoco crocodile is one of the larger crocodilians (a group that also includes alligators, caimans and the gharial), with a r...  More  15 Images  0 Videos
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Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus)
The Brazilian merganser is one of the ten most threatened waterfowl in the world, with possibly fewer than 250 birds thought to re...  More  5 Images  1 Video
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Spectacled duck (Speculanas specularis)
With its highly distinctive head and neck pattern, the spectacled duck is unmistakeable. From the neck up, this medium-sized dabbl...  More  8 Images  0 Videos
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Six-tubercled river turtle (Podocnemis sextuberculata)
The six-tubercled river turtle is named for the six pairs of prominent, swollen lumps that are found on the outer edge of the unde...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Rufous-throated dipper (Cinclus schulzi)
The name of this bird refers to the pale pinky-rufous patch on the throat and upper breast, which contrasts with the rest of its d...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
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Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis)
The Amazonian manatee is a most bizarre-looking aquatic mammal, and was first described as a curious combination of a hippopotamus...  More  8 Images  0 Videos
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Common reed (Phragmites australis)
This common reed forms large beds in shallow water; it has round, hollow stems, which typically grow to 2m in height, but may reac...  More  4 Images  4 Videos
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Pantanal swamp turtle (Acanthochelys macrocephala)
Discovered as recently as 1984, the Pantanal swamp turtle is the largest turtle species of its genus. The head is extremely wide a...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Tucuxi dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis)
The tucuxi dolphin (pronounced ‘too-koo-shee’) quite closely resembles the bottlenose dolphin, but smaller. It is blue to light gr...  More  9 Images  5 Videos
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Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
The arapaima, or pirarucu as it is known in Brazil, is one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world. Its local name derives f...  More  6 Images  3 Videos
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Gray wood frog (Batrachyla leptopus)
The gray wood frog was discovered by Charles Darwin in the dense forests of Valdivia, Chile. It has a brown upper body and limbs, ...  More  18 Images  0 Videos
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Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
The giant otter, known locally as the 'river wolf', is one of South America's top predators and is the largest of the otter specie...  More  19 Images  15 Videos
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Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
Information on the Andean cock-of-the-rock is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  19 Images  0 Videos
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Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
The carp that occurs in Britain today is the most commercially important freshwater fish kept in ponds, and has been selectively b...  More  6 Images  4 Videos
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Achoque (Ambystoma andersoni)
Information on the achoque is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  10 Images  0 Videos
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