Big-headed Amazon River turtle

Summary

Big-headed Amazon River turtle is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable^[5].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle belongs to the parent taxon Peltocephalus^[6].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's scientific name is Peltocephalus dumerilianus^[7].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's Commons category is recorded as Peltocephalus dumerilianus^[8].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. dumerilianus'}^[9].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed Amazon river turtle'}^[10].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cabezón'}^[11].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Peltocephale de Duméril'}^[12].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Podocnémide de Duméril'}^[13].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed Amazon River Turtle'}^[14].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed Sideneck'}^[15].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[16].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+13'}^[17].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's taxon range is recorded as Brazil^[18].
• Big-headed Amazon River turtle's taxon range is recorded as Oriximiná^[19].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Big-headed Amazon River turtle is Peltocephalus dumerilianus^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Peltocephalus^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed Amazon river turtle'}^[10], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cabezón'}^[11], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Peltocephale de Duméril'}^[12], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Podocnémide de Duméril'}^[13], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed Sideneck'}^[15].

Identifiers

Big-headed Amazon River turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 73894^[20]. Big-headed Amazon River turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 329145^[21]. Big-headed Amazon River turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 791175^[22]. Big-headed Amazon River turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220518^[23]. Big-headed Amazon River turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551901^[24].

Why It Matters

Big-headed Amazon River turtle ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]