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Elseya novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Meyer, A.B. Eine Mittheilung von Hern. Dr. Adolf Berhard Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea und den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1874: 128-140. (1874).
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Reptilia
order
Testudines
family
Chelidae
genus
Elseya
species
Elseya novaeguineae

Name

Synonyms
Elseya novaeguinae Meyer, 1874
Platemys novae-guineae Meyer, 1874
Homonyms
Elseya novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)
Common names
New Guinea Snapping Turtle in English
New Guinea snapping turtle in English
Western New Guinea Stream Turtle in English
New Guinea Snapping Turtle in English
New Guinea Snapper in English
New Guinea Spotted Turtle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
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