Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle

The six-tubercled Amazon River turtle^[3] or six-tubercled river turtle (Podocnemis sextuberculata) is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae.

Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle
Young Podocnemis sextuberculata
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Podocnemididae
Genus:	Podocnemis
Species:	P. sextuberculata
Binomial name
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849

It is found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and possibly Ecuador.^[4]

References

1. Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Podocnemis sextuberculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. Podocnemis sextuberculata, Reptile Database
4. Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; Bour, R.; Fritz, U.; Georges, A.; Shaffer, H.B.; van Dijk, P.P. (2017). Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; van Dijk, P.P.; Saumure, R.A.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Pritchard, P.C.H.; Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs. Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 7 (8 ed.): 1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. ISBN 9781532350269.