Name - Elseya Gray 1867

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:75231 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Elseya

• Pelecomastes

• Emydura Bonaparte 1836

• Rheodytes Legler & Cann 1980

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Recent Publications

• Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. Some comments on the Elseya dentata (Gray, 1863) complex with redescriptions of the Johnstone River snapping turtle, Elseya stirlingi Wells and Wellington, 1985 and the alligator rivers snapping turtle, Elseya jukesi Wells 2002.
• Myuchelys gen. nov. -a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae).
• Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species.
• A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea.
• Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia. Seventh Edition.

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