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The giant Amazon river turtle is one of the largest freshwater turtles in the world. ... The giant Amazon river turtle is a powerful swimmer, and catching one of these turtles for an annual health check can be challenging.
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These river turtles are as big as some sea turtles, but instead of flippers they have feet and retractile, side-bending necks. They are the arrau or giant South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa), the largest species of side-necked turtle in the world, with shells 2 1/2 feet in length.
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Common name: Malaysian Giant Turtle or Bornean River Turtle ; Scientific name: Orlitia borneensis; Family: Bataguridae ; Order: Testudines ; Class: Reptilia ... The Malaysian giant turtle is the largest of the freshwater turtles and can weigh anywhere between 36 kg to 50 kg or more with a shell length of about 80 cm.
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The giant South American turtle is the largest river turtle in South America. It has a broad, domed and streamlined carapace for a... ... The giant South American turtle is the largest river turtle in South America (4). It has a broad, domed and streamlined carapace for active swimming in moderate river currents (3).
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CiteULike is a free online bibliography manager. Register and you can start organising your references online. ... by: Devon E. Pearse, Allan D. Arndt, Nicole Valenzuela, Becky A. Miller, Vitor Cantarelli, Jack W. Sites ... 's tags for this article...
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2. Project Title: Temperature Dependent Sex Determination in the Giant River Turtle Podocnemis expansa from Colombian Amazonia ... The purpose of this proposal is to model temperature-dependent sex determination of the endangered Amazonian Giant River Turtle, Podocnmeis expansa. Unlike previous efforts, this new model...
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Conservation of the Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) and the Yellow Spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in the North Rupununi Wetlands, Guyana...
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The giant Asian river terrapin, or batagur (Batagur baska), ... 87(5):36-43. Moll, E. O. 1980. Natural history of the river terrapin, Batagur baska (Gray) in Malaysia. Malaysian J. Sci. 6(A):23-62. Moll, E. O., Matson, K. E. and Krehbiel, E. B. 1981. Sexual and seasonal dichromatism in the Asian river turtle,
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Mate: in water; Breeding: nest on low sandy beaches and sandbars in dry season • suitable sites apear, as many as 500 females may congregate at one site • dig body pit 32-40 in deep, flask-shaped nest up to 32 in ... called Giant South American River Turtle • tataruga in Brazil, charapa in Peru, arrau in Venezuela...
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