Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 249

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968156
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scientific name	Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848
status

Treatment

Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 — Non-native; Introduced.

Yellow-spotted River Turtle

Singapore records.

Podocnemis unifilis — K.S. Chua, 2018: 108 (Sungei Tampines [ PRP]) .

Remarks. Native to South America (TTWG 2021), one individual of P. unifilis was seen basking on an overhanging branch at Sungei Tampines on 21 July 2018 (Chua 2018).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Family Testudinidae Batsch, 1788 (4 species)

Genus Centrochelys Fitzinger, 1835 (1 species)