Podocnemis sextuberculata
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
REPTILIA |
TESTUDINES |
PODOCNEMIDIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Podocnemis sextuberculata |
| Species Authority: |
Cornalia, 1849 |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle, Six-tubercled River Turtle |
| French |
– |
Podocnémide Tuberculée |
| Spanish |
– |
Cupiso, Iaça, Pitiu |
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| Synonym/s: |
Bartlettia pitipii Gray, 1870
Podocnemis expansa subspecies sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Vulnerable
A1acd
ver 2.3
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| Year Published: |
1996 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: |
Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group |
| Reviewer/s: |
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| Contributor/s: |
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| History: |
| 1994 |
– |
Insufficiently Known
(Groombridge 1994)
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| 1990 |
– |
Insufficiently Known
(IUCN 1990)
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| 1988 |
– |
Insufficiently Known
(IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
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| 1986 |
– |
Insufficiently Known
(IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
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Geographic Range
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Semi-aquatic
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It is listed on CITES Appendix II.
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