Podocnemis expansa

– Lower Risk Conservation Dependent

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

REPTILIA

Order:

TESTUDINES

Family:

PELOMEDUSIDAE

Scientific Name:

Podocnemis expansa

Species Authority:

(Schweigger, 1812)

Common Name/s:

English	—	ARRAU, GIANT SOUTH AMERICAN TURTLE, SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER TURTLE, TARTARUGA
French	—	PODOCNÉMIDE ÉLARGIE

Red List Category & Criteria:

LR/cd ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

History:

1982	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1982)
1986	-	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)

Countries:

Native:

Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; Peru; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela

Habitat and Ecology:	Semi-aquatic - large rivers and tributaries, adjacent lagoons and forest ponds.
System:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Bibliography:

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Podocnemis expansa. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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