Yellow-headed sideneck turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)

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Glossary

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.

References

IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
http://www.iucnredlist.org
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (November, 2004)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/T0750E/t0750e09.htm
CITES (November, 2004)
http://www.cites.org
Woodland Park Zoo (March, 2008)
http://www.zoo.org/factsheets/yellowside_turtle/sideTurtle.html
Central Pets (November, 2004)
http://www.centralpets.com/pages/critterpages/reptiles/turtles/TUR4990.shtml
EMYSystem (March, 2008)
http://emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Podocnemisunifilis/Podocnemisunifilis.html
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.
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.
Chelonian Research Foundation (November, 2004)
http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/podocnemiscare.htm
Impact of Climate Change of Life and Ecosystems (November, 2004)
http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/biology/turtles/