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Yellow Headed Sideneck Turtle

Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Podocnemis unifilis
Species recognized by Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Colombia Species List, Ecuador Species List, French Guiana Species List, Peru Species List, Venezuela Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, NCBI, Hone et al 2013, Wildfinder (WWF), and United States Species List
Podocnemis unifilis
Recognized by AnAge articles, Arkive, Ojasti 1996, and USFWS
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and GBIF national node type records Germany
Emys terekay
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Podocnemis unifilis
Species recognized by Paleobiology Database, CITES, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Anderson and Wiens 2017, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and GGBN data coverage
Podocnemis unifilis
Recognized by AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, and Flickr Group
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Emys terekay Schinz 1833
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Podocnemis cayennensis David 1994
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Emys cayennensis Schweigger 1812
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Emys terekay Schinz 1833
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Podocnemis cayennensis David 1994
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Chelys lata
Synonym according to CITES
Emys cayannensis
Synonym according to CITES
Emys cayennensis Schweigger 1812
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Emys terekay Schinz 1833
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Emys terekay Schinz 1833
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Podocnemis cayennensis David 1994
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Podocnemis tracaya
Synonym according to CITES
Podocnemis tracaya Coutinho 1868
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel In Schomburgk 1848
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Testudo terekay
Synonym according to CITES

Common Names

English

Yellow-headed sideneck turtle preferred
Recognized by Arkive
Tracaja
prefer
Recognized by USFWS
Yellow-headed Sideneck
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Yellow-spotted River Turtle
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Yellow-spotted Sideneck Turtle
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Yellow-spotted river turtle
prefer
Recognized by AnAge

French

Podocnémide de Cayenne preferred
Recognized by CITES

Spanish; Castilian

Terecay preferred
Recognized by CITES

Swedish

Terekay-flodsköldpadda preferred
Recognized by CITES
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Curated hierarchies for Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848

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

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848 (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
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 unifilis Troschel 1848 (this page)
Podocnemis bassleri Williams 1956
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
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 vogli Müller 1935

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

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

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis Wagler 1830
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848 (this page)
Podocnemis aegyptiaca Andrews 1900
Podocnemis argentinensis Cattoi & Freiberg 1958
Podocnemis bassleri Williams 1956
Podocnemis brasiliensis Staesche 1937
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
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 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 unifilis Troschel 1848 (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix 1824)
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
Podocnemis vogli Müller 1935

IUCN

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

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 unifilis (this page)
Podocnemis erythrocephala
Podocnemis expansa
Podocnemis lewyana
Podocnemis sextuberculata
Podocnemis vogli
unclassified Podocnemis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Testudines
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848 (this page)
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