Scientific name: Platemys platycephala
Vern: (Western) twist-neck turtle (En); roodkopdeuk schildpad (Du)
Local: kron-neki / skoifineki (Sr)
Indig: pïrëkëtë eperu / pïhtarï iiwï (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Testudines
Family: Chelidae
Scientific name: Phrynops geoffroanus
Vern: Geoffroy’s side-necked turtle (En); Geoffroys kikkerkop schildpad (Du)
Local: kron-neki / skoifineki (Sr)
Indig: pïnpaha (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Testudines
Family: Chelidae
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Scientific name: Didelphis imperfecta
Vern: guianan ghite-eared opossum (En) ; witooropossum (Du)
Local: awari (Sr)
Indig: awareimë (Tr); awareimë (Way)
Class: Mammals
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
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Scientific name: Mesoclemmys gibba
Vern: gibba (toadhead) turtle (En); bochel schildpad (Du)
Local: kron-neki / skoifineki (Sr)
Indig: pejo momïman (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Testudines
Family: Chelidae
Scientific name: Chelus fimbriatus
English: matamata (Turtle) (En); matamata (Du)
Local: raparapa (Sr)
Indig: Pejo (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Testudines
Family: Chelidae
Scientific name: Kinosternon scorpioides
Vern: scorpion mud turtle (En); Zuid-Amerikaanse modderschildpad / schorpioen modderschildpad (Du)
Local: arakaka (Sr)
Indig: pïropahka / maka (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Testudines
Family: Kinosternidae
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Scientific name: Krobia Guianensis
English: Krobia
Dutch: Cichliden
Sranan: Krobia / Owruwefi
Trio: Paneke
Wayana:
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Scientific name: Guianacara owroewefi (Kullander & Nijssen 1989)
English: Cichlids
Dutch: Cichliden
Sranan: Krobia / Owruwefi
Trio: Jawa
Wayana: Pakilali
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Scientific name: Geophagus surinamensis (Lijding 1959)
English: Redstriped Eartheater
Dutch: Aardeter (Chiclide)
Sranan: Songe / Angankoi / Dotinyan Krobia
Trio: Sawasawa
Wayana: Kulisajek
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
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Scientific name: Crenicichla sipaliwini (Ploeg 1987)
English: Pike Chiclid
Dutch: Dwergsnoek Chiclide
Sranan: Datrafisi
Trio: Tinomangijoki
Wayana: Kolopinpë
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae