Elseya branderhorsti

Elseya branderhorsti
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Subfamily: Chelodininae
Genus: Elseya
Species: E. branderhorsti
Binomial name
Elseya branderhorsti
(Ouwens, 1914)
Synonyms[1]
  • Emydura branderhorsti
    Ouwens, 1914
  • Elseya branderhorsti — Bour, Buskirk & Pritchard in David, 1994
  • Elseya branderhorstii
    van Dijk, 2000 (ex errore)
  • Elseya branderhosti Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2002 (ex errore)

Elseya branderhorsti is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, branderhorsti, is in honor of Dutch physician Bastiaan Branderhorst.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter. (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 328. ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elseya branderhorsti, p. 37).

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