Podocnemididae (South American and Malagasy River Turtles)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Podocnemis unifilis

Podocnemis vogli

Podocnemis erythrocephala

Podocnemis expansa

Erymnochelys madagascariensis

Insufficient data

VU

Peltocephalus dumerilianus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

20–30

Jan

10–20

Feb

20–30

Mar

20–30

Apr

10–20

May

10–20

Jun

20–30

Jul

20–30

Aug

20–30

Sep

20–30

Oct

20–30

Nov

20–30

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see South American and Malagasy River Turtles

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2	40–50%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			40–50%
	Arrau			10–20%
2	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	2	40–50%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			40–50%
	Arrau			Insufficient data
3	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	4	40–50%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			20–30%
	Red-headed Amazon River Turtle			Insufficient data
	Arrau			Insufficient data
	Big-headed Amazon River Turtle			Insufficient data
4	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2	40–50%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			30–40%
	Arrau			0–10%
5	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1	40–50%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			Insufficient data
6	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	2	30–40%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			20–30%
	Savanna Side-necked Turtle			Insufficient data
7	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	2	30–40%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			20–30%
	Arrau			Insufficient data
8	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1	20–30%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			20–30%
9	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	2	10–20%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			10–20%
	Arrau			Insufficient data
10	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	10–20%
	Madagascar Big-headed Turtle			Insufficient data
11	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	1	0–10%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			Insufficient data
12	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1	0–10%
	Yellow-headed Sideneck			Insufficient data

South American and Malagasy River Turtles

Species in this group

Yellow-headed Sideneck

Savanna Side-necked Turtle

Red-headed Amazon River Turtle

Arrau

Madagascar Big-headed Turtle

Big-headed Amazon River Turtle

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see South American and Malagasy River Turtles

Parks Ranked