First record of multiple nests of yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in a nest of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in Amazonia

Authors

  • Fábio Maffei Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Ronis da Silveira Federal University of Amazonas image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v8i3.559

Keywords:

Testudines, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae, Podocnemididae, Reproduction, Communal nesting

Abstract

This communication reports the first record of communal egg-laying of yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in a nest of the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger). This event was recorded in a flooded savannah in the municipality of Oiapoque, northern Amapá state, Brazilian Amazonia. Inside the nest of M. niger we founded 182 eggs of P. unifilis divided into eight clutches.

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Published

12/23/2013

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2013): Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais

Section

Short communications

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How to Cite

Maffei, F., & da Silveira, R. (2013). First record of multiple nests of yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in a nest of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in Amazonia. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais, 8(3), 461-465. https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v8i3.559