Phrynops geoffroanus

Phrynops geoffroanus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Subfamily:	Chelodinae
Genus:	Phrynops
Species:	P. geoffroanus
Binomial name
	Phrynops geoffroanus; (Schweigger 1812)
Synonyms
Species Synonymy
	Emys geoffroana Schweigger, 1812; Emys depressa Merrem, 1820; Emys viridis Spix, 1824; Chelodina geoffroana Fitzinger, 1826; Phrynops geoffroanus Wagler, 1830; Chelys (Hydraspis) depressa Gray, 1831; Chelys (Hydraspis) viridis Gray, 1831; Emys geoffroyana Gray, 1831 (ex errore); Hydraspis depressa Gray, 1831; Hydraspis viridis Gray, 1831; Platemys geoffroana Wagler, 1833; Platemys geoffreana Duméril & Bibron, 1835 (ex errore); Platemys neuwiedii Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Platemys waglerii Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Hydraspis (Phrynops) geoffroana Fitzinger, 1835; Phrynops geoffroana Fitzinger, 1835; Emys geoffroiana Temminck & Schlegel, 1835 (ex errore); Hydraspis wagleri Gray, 1844 (ex errore); Phrynops geoffroyana Gray, 1844; Hydraspis geoffroyana Gray, 1856; Platemys depressa Strauch, 1862; Platemys geoffreyana Hensel, 1868 (ex errore); Platemys geoffroyana Hensel, 1868; Platemys wagleri Boulenger, 1889; Rhinemys geoffroana Baur, 1890; Hydraspis boulengeri Bohls, 1895; Phrynops wagleri Stejneger, 1909; Hydraspis lutzi Ihering, 1926; Phrynops geoffroana geoffroana Müller, 1939; Phrynops geoffrayana Williams, 1950; Phrynops geoffroanus geoffroanus Wermuth & Mertens, 1961; Phrynops boulengeri Pritchard, 1979; Phrynops lutzi Pritchard, 1979; Phrynops (Phrynops) geoffroannus Seddon, Georges, Baverstock & McCord, 1997 (ex errore); Phrynops geoffranus Ippi & Flores, 2001 (ex errore);

The Geoffroy’s Toadhead Turtle or Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle (Phrynops geoffroanus) is a large species of side-necked turtle found in southwestern Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru, southward and eastward through southwestern Brazil and northern Bolivia to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, then northward through eastern Brazil. It also occurs in eastern Venezuela, and in adjacent Guyana.

References

^ Schweigger, A.F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsb. Arch. Naturwiss. Math. 1:271–368, 406–458.
^ Fritz Uwe (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 340–341. ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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