Podocnemis erythrocephala Nests in the Lower Tapajós River, Central Amazonia, Brazil

Elildo A. R. Carvalho Jr.; Juarez C. B. Pezzuti; Mário Branco Maranhão

doi:10.2744/CCB-0871a.1

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Elildo A. R. Carvalho Jr.,¹ Juarez C. B. Pezzuti,² Mário Branco Maranhão³

¹Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas, Rua Guimarães Rosa 149, Chapada Gaúcha, Minas Gerais, CEP 39314000, Brazil elildojr@gmail.com
²Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa 01, Belém, Pará, CEP 66075110, Brazil juca@ufpa.br
³Vila de Alter do Chão, Santarém, Pará, CEP 68040000, Brazil

Abstract

We found 36 nests of Podocnemis erythrocephala in the lower Tapajós River in central Amazonia during 3 consecutive nesting seasons, from 2006 to 2009. The species nested from the end of the dry season to the start of the rainy season, nesting far from the water in savanna vegetation. Mean clutch size was 7 eggs (range, 5–11), mean incubation time was 66.8 days (range, 62–87), and hatching success rate was 0.69 (range, 0.27–1.0).

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Elildo A. R. Carvalho Jr., Juarez C. B. Pezzuti, and Mário Branco Maranhão "Podocnemis erythrocephala Nests in the Lower Tapajós River, Central Amazonia, Brazil," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 10(1), 146-148, (1 July 2011). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0871a.1

Received: 18 June 2010; Accepted: 1 March 2011; Published: 1 July 2011

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