Uso histórico y actual de las tortugas charapa (<em>Podocnemis expansa<em>) y terecay (<em>Podocnemis unifilis<em>) en la Orinoquia y la Amazonia

Uso histórico y actual de las tortugas charapa (<em>Podocnemis expansa<em>) y terecay (<em>Podocnemis unifilis<em>) en la Orinoquia y la Amazonia

The Arrau river turtle or giant South American turtle (Podocnemis expansa) and the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) have wide distributions within the Orinoco and Amazon River basins. Both of them have been exploited since pre-colonial times as a protein source by indigenous groups,...

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Main Authors: Antonio Castro Casal, Manuel Merchán Fornelino, Mario Fernando Garcés Restrepo, Miguel Andrés Cárdenas Torres, Fernando Gómez Velasco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt 2013-07-01
Series:Biota Colombiana
Subjects:
Amazonia
Aprovechamiento
Charapa
Orinoquia
<em>Podocnemis<em>
Terecay
Online Access:http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/275

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