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 Chelidae Bibliography of the genus Rhinemys Biodiversity of the family Chelidae Genus Rhinemys Red Amazon Side-necked Turtle Rote Krötenkopfschildkröte Rød Amazonas-halsvender 1830 Rhinemys Wagler (type species: Emys rufipes Spix 1824) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously included in Phrynops (e.g., Iverson 1992). Generic allocation of the species considered here to belong to Mesoclemmys, Phrynops, and Rhinemys is still controversial (Fritz & Havas 2006). Distribution: As for the single species. Rhinemys rufipes Red Amazon Side-necked Turtle, Red-footed Amazon Side-necked Turtle, Red-headed Side-necked Turtle, Red-faced Toad-headed Turtle Rote Krötenkopfschildkröte Rød Amazonas-halsvender 1824 Emys rufipes Spix Hydraspis rufipes Bell 1828 Rhinemys rufipes Wagler 1830 Chelys rufipes Gray in Griffith 1831 Platemys rufipes Duméril & Bibron 1835 Phrynops rufipes Gray 1844 Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas, Para), Colombia.