The Yellow Spotted Side Neck Turtle Lives mostly around the Amazon River located in South America. This land includes Northern Brazil, Columbia, and Guyana.

     The female of this species makes short migrations during the reproductive season to the sand banks of low rivers where it lays it's eggs. Unlike most aquatic turtles this turtle does not form groups when laying eggs instead it lays them alone. In the nest you will probably find 18 to 40 eggs!

    This species is protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Act and by the CITES treaty. Lots of laws in South America forbid it's exportation. Even though they are trying to make the hunting laws stronger in Brazil and Columbia, there is still wide spread hunting. 

    Since the few laws protecting this turtle are not very effective, there is still hunting of this turtle. Some specimens of this turtle wind up far from their habitat after they are captured.

    This turtle's clawed webbed feet allow it to move well in land and in water. The tasty meat of this turtle is considered a delicacy.