Big-headed Amazon River turtle

Peltocephalus dumerilianus
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Podocnemididae
Genus:	Peltocephalus; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Species:	P. dumerilianus
Binomial name
	Peltocephalus dumerilianus; (Schweigger, 1812)
Synonyms
	Emys dumeriliana ; Schweigger, 1812; Emys macrocephala ; Spix, 1824; Emys tracaxa ; Spix, 1824; Chelys (Hydraspis) lata ; Gray in Griffith, 1831; Emys icterocephala ; Gray in Griffith, 1831; Chelys (Hydraspis) ; dumerilliana [sic] ; — Gray, 1831; Podocnemis dumeriliana ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Peltocephalus tracaxa ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Podocnemis tracaxa ; — Boulenger, 1889; Peltocephalus dumeriliana ; — Obst, 1985; Peltocephalus dumerilianus ; — Gorzula & Señaris, 1999;

The big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus), also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The species is monotypic within the genus Peltocephalus.

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