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Arrau River Turtle

Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Podocnemis expansa
Species recognized by Brazil Species List, Colombia Species List, Ecuador Species List, Peru Species List, Venezuela Species List, South Atlantic Species List, NCBI, Hone et al 2013, and Wildfinder (WWF)
Podocnemis expansa
Recognized by AnAge articles, Arkive, Ojasti 1996, FAO Fishery Statistics, and USFWS
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Podocnemis expansa Schweigger 1812
Recognized by ReptileDB
Emys amazonica
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Emys expansa
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Podocnemis expansa
Species recognized by Paleobiology Database, CITES, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Anderson and Wiens 2017, Global Biotic Interactions, and iNaturalist data coverage
Podocnemis expansa
Recognized by PlanetScott, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, and Flickr Group
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Emys arrau Schinz 1833
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Emys expansa Schweigger 1812
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Emys arrau Schinz 1833
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Emys expansa Schweigger 1812
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Podocnemis expansa
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Podocnemis expansa Duméril & Bibron 1835
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Emys amazonica
Synonym according to CITES
Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Emys arrau
Synonym according to CITES
Emys arrau Schinz 1833
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Emys arrau Schinz 1833
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Emys expansa
Synonym according to CITES
Emys expansa Schweigger 1812
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Emys expansa Schweigger 1812
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Hydraspis bitentaculata Gray 1831
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Podocnemis Expansa
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo arrau
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo arrau Humboldt ex Gray 1831
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

Arrau River Turtle preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB
South American River Turtle
prefer
Recognized by ReptileDB and CITES
Giant South American turtle
prefer
Recognized by Arkive
Tartaruga
prefer
Recognized by USFWS and CITES
Giant South American Turtle
prefer
Recognized by PlanetScott and CITES
Arrau
prefer
Recognized by CITES
South American river turtle
prefer
Recognized by AnAge

French

Podocnémide élargie preferred
Recognized by CITES

Swedish

arrauflodsköldpadda preferred
Recognized by CITES

Curated hierarchies for Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Pleurodira
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812) (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis vogli Müller 1935

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Testudines
Pleurodira
Pelomedusoidea
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812) (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala Spix 1824
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis vogli Müller 1935

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812) (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis vogli Müller 1935

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Pleurodira
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812) (this page)
Podocnemis bassleri Williams 1956
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis harrisi Pacheco 1913
Podocnemis judaea Haas 1978
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis negrii Carvalho et al. 2002
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis stromeri von Reinach 1903
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis vogli Müller 1935

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812) (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis vogli Müller 1935

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis Wagler 1830
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812) (this page)
Podocnemis aegyptiaca Andrews 1900
Podocnemis argentinensis Cattoi & Freiberg 1958
Podocnemis bassleri Williams 1956
Podocnemis brasiliensis Staesche 1937
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis geologorum Simpson 1943
Podocnemis harrisi Pacheco 1913
Podocnemis judaea Haas 1978
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis medemi Wood 1997
Podocnemis negrii Carvalho et al. 2002
Podocnemis pritchardi Wood 1997
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis stromeri von Reinach 1903
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis vogli Müller 1935

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Testudines Batsch 1788
Pleurodira Cope 1864
Podocnemididae Cope 1868
Podocnemis Wagler 1830
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812) (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis vogli Müller 1935

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812) (this page)
Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Grandidier 1867)
Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger 1812)
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Testudines
Pleurodira
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis
Podocnemis expansa (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala
Podocnemis lewyana
Podocnemis sextuberculata
Podocnemis unifilis
Podocnemis vogli
unclassified Podocnemis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Emydidae
Emys
Emys expansa (this page)
Emys baska
Emys blandingi
Emys blandingii
Emys crassicollis
Emys dhongoka
Emys dumeriliana
Emys geoffroana
Emys gibba
Emys jaccardi
Emys kachuga
Emys muticus
Emys nasuta
Emys orbicularis
Emys pseudogeographica
Emys reevesii
Emys sinensis
Emys subtrijuga
Emys tecta
Emys tentoria
Emys thurjii
Emys traxaca
Emys trinacris
Emys troostii
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