Podocnemis expansa Schweigger 1812 (river turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Belongs to Podocnemis according to D. Riff et al. 2010

See also van Dijk et al. 2014 and Wood 1997

Sister taxa: Podocnemis argentinensis, Podocnemis bassleri, Podocnemis bramlyi, Podocnemis brasiliensis, Podocnemis erythrocephala, Podocnemis freibergi, Podocnemis geologorum, Podocnemis harrisi, Podocnemis lewyana, Podocnemis medemi, Podocnemis negrii, Podocnemis pritchardi, Podocnemis sextuberculata, Podocnemis stromeri, Podocnemis tatacoensis, Podocnemis unifilis, Podocnemis vogli

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Podocnemis expansa in the database

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