Yellow-headed sideneck turtle  (Podocnemis unifilis)

Carapace: The top shell of a turtle. In arthropods (insects, crabs etc), the fused head and thorax (the part of the body located near the head) also known as ‘cephalothorax'.
Carrion: The flesh of a dead animal.
Diurnal: Active during the day.
Molluscs: A diverse group of invertebrates, mainly marine, that have one or all of the following; a horny, toothed ribbon in the mouth (the radula), a shell covering the upper surface of the body, and a mantle or mantle cavity with a type of gill. Includes snails, slugs, shellfish, octopuses and squid.
Plastron: In reptiles, the ventral shell of a turtle.

1. IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org
   
2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (November, 2004)
   http://www.fao.org/docrep/T0750E/t0750e09.htm
   
3. CITES (November, 2004)
   http://www.cites.org
   
4. Woodland Park Zoo (March, 2008)
   http://www.zoo.org/factsheets/yellowside_turtle/sideTurtle.html
   
5. Central Pets (November, 2004)
   http://www.centralpets.com/pages/critterpages/reptiles/turtles/TUR4990.shtml
   
6. EMYSystem (March, 2008)
   http://emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Podocnemisunifilis/Podocnemisunifilis.html
   
7. Thorbjarnarson, J.B., Perez, N. and Escalona, T. (1993) Nesting of Podocnemis unifilis in the Capanaparo River, Venezuela. Journal of Herpetology, 27 (3): 344 - 347.
   
8. de Souza, R.R. and Vogt, R.C. (1994) Incubation temperature influences sex and hatchling size in the Neotropical turtle Podocnemis unifilis. Journal of Herpetology, 28 (4): 453 - 464.
   
9. Chelonian Research Foundation (November, 2004)
   http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/podocnemiscare.htm
   
10. Impact of Climate Change of Life and Ecosystems (November, 2004)
    http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/biology/turtles/