Podocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852

Gaffney, Eugene S., Meylan, Peter A., Wood, Roger C., Simons, Elwyn & De Almeida Campos, Diogenes, 2011, Evolution Of The Side-Necked Turtles: The Family Podocnemididae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (350), pp. 1-237 : 30

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/350.1

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scientific name

Podocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852
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Podocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852 View in CoL

SYNONYMY: See Siebenrock (1902), Boulenger (1889), Wermuth and Mertens (1961, 1977), Pritchard and Trebbau (1984: table 3), Iverson (1992).

TYPE SPECIMEN AND LOCALITY: See Iverson (1992).

DIAGNOSIS: Boulenger (1889), Siebenrock (1902) and Williams (1954a) have some comparative information, but there is no thorough comparative diagnosis for this species.

REFERRED MATERIAL: FMNH 73790, MCZ 53281, DGM 283RR, USNM Herpetology 108580.

PREVIOUS WORK: Siebenrock (1902) and Williams (1954a) provide useful information. Williams (1954a) figures the palate. Groombridge (1982) has a general literature review.

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