The Red-Headed Amazon River Turtle, Podocnemis erythrocephala (Family Podocnemididae), is the sma... more The Red-Headed Amazon River Turtle, Podocnemis erythrocephala (Family Podocnemididae), is the smallest species in its genus, with a maximum straight carapace length of 322 mm in females and 244 mm in males. It inhabits primarily smaller blackwater streams and flooded forests rather than main river channels. It is primarily herbivorous and nests on sandy beaches associated with open shrub or grassland along black or clearwater rivers, streams, and lakes. Females produce up to four clutches per year, with 2-18 eggs per clutch. The species is threatened by unregulated hunting of adults and egg gathering at the nesting beaches for food and black market sales, in spite of national laws protecting the species in each of the three countries where it occurs.
). PREDA-TION. Snakes are considered the main predators of caecilians (Duellman and Trueb 1994. B... more ). PREDA-TION. Snakes are considered the main predators of caecilians (Duellman and Trueb 1994. Biology of Amphibians. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. 670 pp.; Kupfer et al. 2003. Amphibia-Reptilia 24:212-215). Moreover, Pérez-Santos and Moreno (1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino, Monografia VI. 497 pp.) suggested that some species of coral snakes, such as Micrurus nigrocinctus, M. spixii, and M. lemniscatus, frequently include caecilians in their diets. At 1045 h on 24 July 2009, an adult Micrurus multifasciatus (Many-banded Coral Snake) was found preying upon a Dermophis glandulosus (MVUP 2307; total length = 331 mm)
The Red-Headed Amazon River Turtle, Podocnemis erythrocephala (Family Podocnemididae), is the sma... more The Red-Headed Amazon River Turtle, Podocnemis erythrocephala (Family Podocnemididae), is the smallest species in its genus, with a maximum straight carapace length of 322 mm in females and 244 mm in males. It inhabits primarily smaller blackwater streams and flooded forests rather than main river channels. It is primarily herbivorous and nests on sandy beaches associated with open shrub or grassland along black or clearwater rivers, streams, and lakes. Females produce up to four clutches per year, with 2-18 eggs per clutch. The species is threatened by unregulated hunting of adults and egg gathering at the nesting beaches for food and black market sales, in spite of national laws protecting the species in each of the three countries where it occurs.
). PREDA-TION. Snakes are considered the main predators of caecilians (Duellman and Trueb 1994. B... more ). PREDA-TION. Snakes are considered the main predators of caecilians (Duellman and Trueb 1994. Biology of Amphibians. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. 670 pp.; Kupfer et al. 2003. Amphibia-Reptilia 24:212-215). Moreover, Pérez-Santos and Moreno (1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino, Monografia VI. 497 pp.) suggested that some species of coral snakes, such as Micrurus nigrocinctus, M. spixii, and M. lemniscatus, frequently include caecilians in their diets. At 1045 h on 24 July 2009, an adult Micrurus multifasciatus (Many-banded Coral Snake) was found preying upon a Dermophis glandulosus (MVUP 2307; total length = 331 mm)
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