Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 249

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968156

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF62-B88E-FF6B-45E97D390BD1

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848
status

 

Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 View in CoL — 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)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Podocnemididae

Genus

Podocnemis

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