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Chelodina gunaleni

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Chelodina gunaleni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Chelodina
Species:	C. gunaleni
Binomial name
*Chelodina gunaleni* McCord & Joseph-Ouni, 2007^[1]

Chelodina gunaleni, also known commonlyasGunalen's long-necked turtle and Gunalen's snake-necked turtle, is a speciesofturtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the lowlands of west-central West Papua, Indonesia, south of the central ranges.^[2]

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, gunaleni, is in honor of Indonesian zoologist Danny Gunalen.^[3]

Habitat[edit]

The preferred natural habitatsofC. gunaleni are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.^[4]

Reproduction[edit]

Like all turtles, C. gunaleniisoviparous.^[4]

References[edit]

^ McCord, W.P.; Joseph-Ouni, M. (2007). "A New Species of Chelodina (Testudines: Chelidae) from southwestern New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia)". Reptilia (GB) (52): 47-52. (Chelodina gunaleni, new species).

^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [ Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; Bour, R.; Fritz, U.; Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B.; van Dijk, P.P. ]. (2017). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)". In: Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; van Dijk, P.P.; Saumure, R.A.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Pritchard, P.C.H.; Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017.

^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gunalen's Long-necked Turtle Chelodina gunaleni, p. 112).

^ ^a ^b Species Chelodina gunaleniatThe Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.