Yellow-spotted river turtle

Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle
	Adult at Krefeld Zoo
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Podocnemididae
Genus:	Podocnemis
Species:	P. unifilis
Binomial name
	Podocnemis unifilis; Troschel, 1848
Synonyms
	Emys cayennensis Schweigger, 1812: 298.; Chelys (Hydraspis) Cayennensis, Gray, 1831: 17; Hydraspis Cayennensis, Gray, 1831: 42; Emys Terekay Schinz, 1833: 41; Podocnemis dumeriliana Duméril & Bibron, 1835: 387 (in part); Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848: 647; Podocnemis tracaya Coutinho, 1868: 149; Chelonemys dumeriliana, Gray, 1870: 83 (in part); Podocnemis cayennensis, Siebenrock, 1902: 1623;

The yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), also known commonly as the yellow-headed sideneck turtle and the yellow-spotted river turtle, and locally as the taricaya, is one of the largest South American river turtles.

Podocnemis unifilis is a type of side-necked turtles, so called because they do not pull their heads directly into their shells, but rather bend their necks sideways to tuck their heads under the rim of their shells. Side-neck turtles are classified as members of the suborder Pleurodira.

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