Elseya schultzei
| Elseya schultzei | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
| Genus: | Elseya |
| Species: | E. schultzei |
| Binomial name | |
| Elseya schultzei (T. Vogt, 1911)[2] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Elseya schultzei, commonly known as Schultze's snapping turtle, is a species of chelid turtle endemic to New Guinea and Indonesia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of German ethnographer Leonhard Schultze.[4]
Taxonomy
E. schultzei has been largely considered as the same species as Elseya novaeguineae. However, recent studies such as Todd et al. (2013) and Georges et al. (2014) have shown that the species is distinct. Therefore, in their latest checklist the IUCN resurrected the species (TTWG, 2014).[1]
Geographic range
E. schulzei is found in New Guinea and Indonesia to the north of the central mountain ranges. It is separated geographically from Elseya novaeguineae, which is only found in West Irian, Indonesia, to the south of the central range.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Rhodin AGJ, Shaffer HB, Bour R]. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In: Rhodin AGJ, Pritchard PCH, van Dijk PP, Saumure RA, Buhlmann KA, Iverson JB, Mittermeier RA (Editors). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5 (7): 000.329–479., doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vogt, Theodor. 1911. "Reptilien und Amphibien aus Neu-Guinea". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft der Naturforschender Freunde, Berlin 9: 410–414. (Emydura schultzei, new species).
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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 schultzei, pp. 238-239).
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Elseya schultzei |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
