Big-headed Amazon River turtle
| Peltocephalus dumerilianus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Subfamily: | Erymnochelyinae |
| Genus: | Peltocephalus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 |
| Species: | P. dumerilianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger, 1812) | |
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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.