Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T22:49:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-01; The genus Podocnemis, of the family Podocnemididae, is represented in South America by six species: P. expansa, P. erytrocephala, P. vogli, P. lewyana, P. unifilis and P. sextuberculata (4, 7). The species P. expansa (Fig. 1), known as the giant Amazon turtle, is largely distributed throughout the Amazo...