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Red headed Amazon River turtle

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Testudines

Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Podocnemis

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Podocnemis erythrocephala

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Species

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Podocnemis, Turtle, Six‑tubercled Amazon River turtle, Podocnemididae, Big‑headed Amazon River turtle

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The Red-headed Amazon Side-necked Turtle, Red-headed River Turtle, or Red-headed Sideneck (Podocnemis erythrocephala) is a species of turtle in the Podocnemididae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.

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Red-headed Amazon River turtle Wikipedia