Savanna side-necked turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Podocnemididae |
Genus: | Podocnemis |
Species: | P. vogli
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Binomial name | |
Podocnemis vogli
L. Müller, 1935
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The savanna side-necked turtle [2] (Podocnemis vogli), also commonly known as the Llanos side-necked turtle, [3] is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. The species is endemic to South America.
The specific name, vogli, is in honor of Father Cornelius Vogl (1884–1959), who was a Benedictine missionary in Venezuela from 1925 to 1959. [3]
Podocnemis vogli is found in the Orinoco river system in the Llanos in Venezuela and Colombia. [2]