Taxonavigation

Familia: Podocnemididae
Genus: Podocnemis
Species: P. erythrocephala – P. expansa – P. lewyana – P. sextuberculata – P. unifilis – P. vogli

Name

• Podocnemis Wagler, 1830
  • Type Species: P. expansa
    

References

• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. München: J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 354 pp.
• Gray, J.E. 1864. On the genera of Chelydidae and the characters furnished by the study of their skulls. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 128–135.
• Gray. J.E. 1870. Notes on Bartlettia, a new species of freshwater tortoises belonging to the family Peltocephalidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 718–721.

Vernacular names