Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle

Taxobox
name = Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Pelomedusidae
genus = "Podocnemis"
species = "P. sextuberculata"
binomial = "Podocnemis sextuberculata"
binomial_authority = Cornalia, 1849
synonyms = The Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle or Six-tubercled River Turtle ("Podocnemis sextuberculata") is a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

References

* Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/17824/all Podocnemis sextuberculata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.