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Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
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Description
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 — Non-native; Introduced.
Yellow-spotted River Turtle
Singapore records.
Podocnemis unifilis — K.S. Chua, 2018: 108 (Sungei Tampines [PRP]).
Remarks. Native to South America (TTWG 2021), one individual of P. unifilis was seen basking on an overhanging branch at Sungei Tampines on 21 July 2018 (Chua 2018).
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
Family Testudinidae Batsch, 1788 (4 species)
Genus Centrochelys Fitzinger, 1835 (1 species)
Notes
Published as part of Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore's herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, pp. 1-378 in Zootaxa 5287 (1) on page 249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7960319
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- PRP
- Scientific name authorship
- Troschel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Podocnemididae
- Genus
- Podocnemis
- Species
- unifilis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 sec. Figueroa, Low & Lim, 2023