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The big-headed Amazon River turtle (''Peltocephalus dumerilianus''),"''Peltocephalus dumerilianus'' "
The Reptile Database. also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The species is monotypic within the genus ''Peltocephalus''.
The Reptile Database. also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The species is monotypic within the genus ''Peltocephalus''.
Etymology
Thespecific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''dumerilianus'', is in honor of French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
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herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril
André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His ...
. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Peltocephalus dumeriliana'', p. 77).
Geographic range
''P. dumerilianus'' is found in Brazil ( Amazonas, Pará),Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
, French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, and possibly in Peru.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of ''P. dumerilianus'' are rivers and freshwater swamps.Reproduction
Like all other turtles, ''P. dumerilianus'' isoviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1889). ''Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-III. (''Podocnemis tracaxa'', p. 206). * Schweigger F(1812). "''Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum'' ". ''Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik'' 1: 271-368, 406-458. (''Emys dumeriliana'', new species, p. 300). (in Latin). Peltocephalus Turtles of South America Fauna of the Amazon Reptiles of Brazil Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of Ecuador Reptiles of French Guiana Reptiles of Venezuela Vulnerable animals Vulnerable biota of South America Reptiles described in 1812 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{turtle-stub