NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Amazon River Turtle
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The six-tubercled Amazon River turtle (Podocnemis sextuberculata), or the six-tubercled river turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The turtle is found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and possibly also in Ecuador.
Wikipedia contributors, Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:17:58.831957+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849
- Name authority
- Cornalia, 1849
- Common name
- Amazon River Turtle
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Podocnemididae
- Genus
- Podocnemis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderTestudines Batsch, 1788
- suborderPleurodira Cope, 1864
- superfamilyPelomedusoidea Cope, 1868
- familyPodocnemididae
- genusPodocnemis
- speciesPodocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Podocnemis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Red-headed Amazon Side-necked TurtlePodocnemis erythrocephala (Spix, 1824) | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rio Magdalena River TurtlePodocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852 | PodocnemididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arrau River TurtlePodocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Podocnemis pitiu Silva Coutinho, 1868 Silva Coutinho, 1868 | synonym |
| Bartlettia pitipii Gray, 1870 Gray, 1870 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Podocnemis&species=sextuberculata Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4KQGD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.