Phrynops hilarii: Difference between revisions

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Fritz 2007">{{Cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World|date=2007|author=Fritz, Uwe|author-link=species:Uwe Fritz|author2=Havaš, Peter|author2-link=species:Peter Havaš|volume=57|issue=2|pages=341|issndoi=1864-5755|url=http://www.cnah10.org3897/pdf_files/851vz.pdf|archive-url=https://web57.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdfe30895 |archivedoi-date=2011-05-01|access-date=29free May 2012|urlissn=1864-status=dead5755}}</ref><ref name="crm5">[[species:Peter Paul van Dijk|van Dijk, Peter Paul]]; [[species:John B. Iverson|Iverson, John B.]]; [[species:H. Bradley Shaffer|Shaffer, H. Bradley]]; [[species:Roger Bour|Bour, Roger]]; [[species:Anders Gunnar Johannes Rhodin|Rhodin, Anders G.J.]] (2012). "Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". ''Chelonian Research Monographs'' (5): 000.243–000.328.</ref>

The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''hilarii'', is in honor of [[French people|French]] [[Zoology|zoologist]] [[Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]].<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; [[species:Michael Grayson|Grayson, Michael]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Phrynops hilarii'', p. 123).</ref>

An omnivorous species, ''P. hilarii'' mainly feeds on [[arthropod]]s, with a preference for [[copepod]]s, [[ostracod]]s, and [[hemiptera]]ns. <ref>Alcalde, Leandro; Derocco, Natacha Nara; [[species:Sergio Daniel Rosset|Rosset, Sergio Daniel]] (2010). [https://www.chelonianjournals.org/doi/abs/10.2744/CCB-0794.1 "Feeding in Syntopy: Diet of ''Hydromedusa tectifera'' and ''Phrynops hilarii'' (Chelidae)"] ''Chelonian Conservation and Biology'' '''9''' (1): 3–344.</ref> TheyIt feedfeeds also on fishfishes, birdsreptiles, reptilesbirds, small mammals, and dead animalscarrion.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} It is oviparous. <ref name=RDB/> TheseThis turtlesturtle can live for up to 37 years. <ref>"''Phrynops hilarii'' ". [http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Phrynops_hilarii AnAge: The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database] </ref>

Females lay eggs twice a year, one [[Clutch (eggs)|clutch]] between February and May and the other between September and December.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} They lay from 9 to 14 eggs, with a maximum of 32 eggs and an incubation period of approximately 150 days.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

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