Arrau
Podocnemis expansa
Summary 2
The Arrau River turtle, South American river turtle, or Giant South American turtle (Podocnemis expansa), also known as the Charapa turtle, Arrau turtle, Tartaruga-da-amazônia, or Araú, is the largest of the side-neck turtles (Pleurodira). It is found in the Amazon Basin (Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and so on). Adults often reach 1 m in length. Females have wide flattened shells and are larger and more numerous than the males. Adult Arraus feed entirely on plant food. The...
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Whaldener Endo, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Podocnemis_expansa_INPA.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podocnemis_expansa
