Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Podocnemididae Bibliography of the genus Peltocephalus Biodiversity of the family Podocnemididae Genus Peltocephalus Big-headed Amazon River Turtle Grosskopf-Schienenschildkröte Storhovedet Amazonasflodskildpadde 1835 Peltocephalus Dumeril & Bibron (type species: Emys tracaxa Spix 1824) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Peltocephalus dumerilianus Big-headed Amazon River Turtle, Big-headed Side-necked Turtle, (Dumeril's Big-headed River Turtle) Grosskopf-Schienenschildkröte Storhovedet Amazonasflodskildpadde 1812 Emys dumeriliana Schweigger Podocnemis dumeriliana Wagler 1830 Chelys dumerilliana Gray in Griffith 1831 Hydraspis dumeriliana Gray 1831 Peltocephalus dumerilianus Diesing 1840 Chelonemys dumeriliana Gray 1870 1824 Emys macrocephala Spix (Fritz & Havas 2006) Peltocephalus macrocephala Fretey 1975 1824 Emys tracaxa Spix (Fritz & Havas 2006) Hydraspis tracaxa Bell 1828 Podocnemis tracaxa Wagler 1830 Peltocophalus tracaxa Duméril & Bibron 1835 1831 Chelys lata Gray in Griffith (Fritz & Havas 2006) Hydraspis lata Gray 1831 1831 Emys icterocephala Gray in Griffith [lapsus for Emys macrocephala Spix 1824] (Fritz & Havas 2006) Distribution: Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Roraima), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela.