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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Podocnemis expansa
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)
Podocnemis expansa Schweigger 1812
Recognized by ReptileDB
Emys expansa
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Podocnemis expansa

Alternative Names

Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Emys arrau Schinz 1833
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Emys expansa Schweigger 1812
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Emys arrau Schinz 1833
Emys expansa Schweigger 1812
Podocnemis expansa
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Podocnemis expansa Duméril & Bibron 1835
Emys amazonica
Synonym according to CITES
Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Emys amazonica Spix 1824
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Emys arrau
Synonym according to CITES
Emys arrau Schinz 1833
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Emys arrau Schinz 1833
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Emys expansa
Synonym according to CITES
Emys expansa Schweigger 1812
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Emys expansa Schweigger 1812
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Hydraspis bitentaculata Gray 1831
Podocnemis Expansa
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo arrau
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo arrau Humboldt ex Gray 1831

Common Names

English

Arrau River Turtle preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB
South American River Turtle
Recognized by ReptileDB and CITES
Giant South American turtle
Recognized by Arkive
Tartaruga
Recognized by USFWS and CITES
Giant South American Turtle
Recognized by PlanetScott and CITES
Arrau
Recognized by CITES
South American river turtle
Recognized by AnAge

French

Podocnémide élargie preferred
Recognized by CITES

Swedish

arrauflodsköldpadda preferred
Recognized by CITES

Curated hierarchies for Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger 1812)