Phrynops geoffroanus tuberosus

Peter's Side-necked Turtle

Distribution: Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay.

Empire Stock: WC exported from Guyana.

Size: Up to 35cm.

Habitat:  Found in river, lakes, and other slow moving soft bottomed bodies of water.

Diet: I feed mine Mazuri Freshwater Turtle pellets, fish, and snails.

Sexing: Males have longer thicker tails and a slightly concave plastron.

Breeding:

Genotypic Sex Determination (GSD)

Notes:

Care Sheets: ATP

Adult Carapace and Plastron.

Hatchling Carapace and Plastron.

Suggested Reading

McCord, W., M. Joseph-Ouni, W. W. Lamar. 2001. A Taxonomic Reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys. Rev. Biol. Trop. 49(2): 715-764.