Giant Amazon River Turtle
Podocnemis expansa
Also known as: Giant South American River Turtle, South American River Turtle, Arrau, True Amazon Turtle, Arrau River Turtle
NETestudinesPodocnemididae
Seasonal Activity
4,646 sightings · 2003–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Testudines
- Family
- Podocnemididae
Photo
(c) Andrés León-Reyes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andrés León-Reyes
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Occurrence data from GBIF.