A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Podocnemididae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascan Big-headed Side-necked TurtleErymnochelys madagascariensis (Grandidier, 1867) | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Big-headed Amazon River TurtlePeltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger, 1812) | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-headed Amazon Side-necked TurtlePodocnemis erythrocephala (Spix, 1824) | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arrau River TurtlePodocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rio Magdalena River TurtlePodocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852 | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amazon River TurtlePodocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849 | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-spotted Amazon River TurtlePodocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Savanna Side-necked TurtlePodocnemis vogli Müller, 1935 | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.