Phrynops geoffroanus

Phrynops geoffroanus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Phrynops
Species:	P. geoffroanus
Binomial name
	Phrynops geoffroanus; (Schweigger, 1812)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
	Species Synonymy Emys geoffroana ; Schweigger, 1812; Emys depressa ; Merrem, 1820; Emys viridis ; Spix, 1824; Chelodina geoffroana ; — Fitzinger, 1826; Phrynops geoffroanus ; — Wagler, 1830; Chelys (Hydraspis) depressa ; — Gray, 1831; Chelys (Hydraspis) viridis ; — Gray, 1831; Emys geoffroyana ; Gray, 1831 ; (ex errore); Hydraspis depressa ; — Gray, 1831; Hydraspis viridis ; — Gray, 1831; Platemys geoffroana ; — Wagler, 1833; Platemys geoffreana ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 ; (ex errore); Platemys neuwiedii ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Platemys waglerii ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Hydraspis (Phrynops) geoffroana ; — Fitzinger, 1835; Phrynops geoffroana ; — Fitzinger, 1835; Emys geoffroiana ; Temminck & Schlegel, 1835 ; (ex errore); Hydraspis wagleri ; — Gray, 1844 (ex errore); Phrynops geoffroyana ; — Gray, 1844; Hydraspis geoffroyana ; — Gray, 1856; Platemys depressa ; — Strauch, 1862; Platemys geoffreyana ; Hensel, 1868 (ex errore); Platemys geoffroyana ; — Hensel, 1868; Platemys wagleri ; — Boulenger, 1889; Rhinemys geoffroana ; — Baur, 1890; Hydraspis boulengeri ; Bohls, 1895; Phrynops wagleri ; — Stejneger, 1909; Hydraspis lutzi ; Ihering, 1926; Phrynops geoffroana geoffroana ; — L. Müller, 1939; Phrynops geoffrayana ; — E. Williams, 1950; Phrynops geoffroanus geoffroanus ; — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961; Phrynops boulengeri ; — Pritchard, 1979; Phrynops lutzi ; — Pritchard, 1979; Phrynops (Phrynops) geoffroannus ; Seddon, Georges, Baverstock & McCord, 1997 ; (ex errore); Phrynops geoffranus ; Ippi & Flores, 2001 (ex errore);

Phrynops geoffroanus, also commonly known as Geoffroy's side-necked turtle and Geoffroy's toadhead turtle, is a species of large side-necked turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, geoffroanus, is in honor of French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.[4]

Geographic range

P. geoffroanus is found in southwestern Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru, southward and eastward through southwestern Brazil and northern Bolivia to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, then northward through eastern Brazil.[5] It also occurs in eastern Venezuela,[5] and in adjacent Guyana.

Habitat

The prferred natural habitat of P. geoffroanus is freshwater rivers.[5]

References

Schweigger, Augustus F. (1812). "Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum ". Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271–368, 406–462. (Emys geoffroana, new species, pp. 302-303). (in Latin).
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 340–341. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2012). "Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs (5): 000.243–000.328.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phrynops geoffroanus, p. 99).
"Phrynops geoffroanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

External links

Phrynops geoffroanus. The Reptile Database.