| Savanna side-necked turtle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | Podocnemis |
| Species: | P. vogli
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| Binomial name | |
| Podocnemis vogli L. Müller, 1935
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The savanna side-necked turtle[2] (Podocnemis vogli), also commonly known as the Llanos side-necked turtle,[3] is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, vogli, is in honor of Father Cornelius Vogl (1884–1959), who was a Benedictine missionary in Venezuela from 1925 to 1959.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]Podocnemis vogli is found in the Orinoco river system in the Llanos in Venezuela and Colombia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b Species Podocnemis vogli at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Podocnemis vogli, p. 276).
Further reading
[edit]- Gotte SW (1992). "Podocnemis vogli ". Catalogue of American Amphibibians and Reptiles 537: 1–2.
- Merchán M, Fidalgo AM, Pérez C (2003). "Biologie und Verbreitung von Podocnemis vogli in Venezuela ". Reptilia, Münster 8 (40): 47–49. (in German).
- Müller L (1935). "Über eine neue Podocnemis-Art (Podocnemis vogli) aus Venezuela nebst ergänzender Bemerkungen über die systematischen Merkmale der ihr nächstverwandten Arten ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 110: 97–109. (Podocnemis vogli, new species, p. 104). (in German).
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