| Red side-necked turtle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelinae |
| Genus: | Rhinemys Wagler, 1830 |
| Species: | R. rufipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinemys rufipes (Spix, 1824)[2] |
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| Synonyms[5][6][7] | |
The red side-necked turtle (Rhinemys rufipes), red turtle, red-footed sideneck turtle,[1] William’s toadhead turtle, or red-footed Amazon side-necked turtle[7] is a monotypic species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is found in Colombia and possibly Peru and Brazil.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Phrynops rufipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- ^ Spix, J.B. von. 1824. Animalia nova; sive, Species novae Testudinum et Ranarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis 1817-20 collegit et descripsit. F.S. Hübschmann, München. iv + 53 pp.
- ^ Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. München: J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 354 pp.
- ^ Baur,G. 1893. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinata. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31: 210-225
- ^ Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 343–344. ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Rhinemys rufipes , The Reptile Database
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