Red side-necked turtle

{{Short description|Species of turtle}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Rhinemys rufipes Manaus1.jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Tortoise. |author2=Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. |year=1996 |errata=2016 |title=Rhinemys rufipes |volume=1996 |page=e.T17082A97271702 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17082A6797634.en |access-date=6 July 2024}}

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Rhinemys

| parent_authority = Wagler, 1830

| species = rufipes

| authority = (Spix, 1824)Spix, J.B. von. 1824. Animalia nova; sive, Species novae Testudinum et Ranarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis 1817-20 collegit et descripsit. F.S. Hübschmann, München. iv + 53 pp.

| range_map = Captura de tela 2023-11-17 210950.png

| range_map_caption = Range

| synonyms = {{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=Synonymy}}

• Emys rufipes Spix, 1824
• Hydraspis rufipes Bell, 1828
• Rhinemys rufipes Wagler, 1830Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. München: J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 354 pp.
• Chelys (Hydraspis) rufipes Gray, 1831
• Platemys rufipes Duméril & Bibron, 1835
• Phrynops rufipes Gray, 1844
• Hydraspis rufipes Boulenger, 1889
• Rhinemys rufipes Baur, 1893Baur, G. 1893. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinata. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31: 210-225

{{hidden end}}

| synonyms_ref = Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.{{Cite journal | journal = Vertebrate Zoology | title = Checklist of Chelonians of the World | year = 2007 | author = Fritz Uwe | author2 = Peter Havaš | volume = 57 | issue = 2 | pages = 343–344 | doi = 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 | doi-access = free | issn = 1864-5755 }}

}}

The red side-necked turtle (Rhinemys rufipes), red turtle, red-footed sideneck turtle, William's toadhead turtle, or red-footed Amazon side-necked turtle[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Rhinemys&species=rufipes&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Rhinemys%27%2Cexact%29%29 Rhinemys rufipes ], The Reptile Database is a monotypic species of turtle in the family Chelidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and possibly Peru.