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    The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a species of turtle in the family Platysternidae from Southeast Asia and southern China. Previously...
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    The Madagascan big-headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis) is a turtle native to the waters of permanent slow moving rivers and lakes in western...
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    The Big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus), also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae...
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    are: Erymnochelys – Madagascan big-headed turtle Peltocephalus Peltocephalus dumerilianus – Big-headed Amazon River turtle †Peltocephalus maturin Late Pleistocene...
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    length and thickness among species and between sexes. Snapping turtles and the big-headed turtle have longer tails; the latter uses it for balance while climbing...
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    Testudinoidea (category Turtle stubs)
    Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and...
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  • based on the mode in which they cover their head and neck. The Pleurodirans, also called the side-necked turtles, have long necks, and fold them sideways...
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  • river turtle (Dermatemys mawii) Madagascan big-headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis) Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) Colombian toad-headed turtle...
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    arboreal alligator lizards (genus Abronia) have prehensile tails. Big-headed turtle, and juvenile specimens of the family Chelydridae. Urocoyledon rasmusseni...
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    Peltocephalus maturin (category Quaternary turtles)
    is an extinct species of podocnemidid river turtle closely related to the big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus) that lived during...
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