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Elseya dentata

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Elseya dentata

Captive ''Elseya dentata in Australia.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Elseya
Subgenus:	Elseya
Species:	E. dentata
Binomial name
*Elseya dentata* (Gray, 1863)
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Chelymys dentata Gray 1863:98 Chelymys elseyi Gray 1864:132 (nomen nudum) Chelymys elseya Gray 1870:76 (nomen nudum) Elseya intermedia Gray 1872:23

Elseya dentata (Gray, 1863),^[3] the northern snapping turtle, is a large aquatic turtle found throughout many rivers in northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is one of three species in the nominate subgenus Elseya.

Etymology[edit]

This species is named for the serrated margin of the shell, mostly only visible in younger animals.

Taxonomy[edit]

During their revision of the New Guinea Elseyaalectotype was set for this species. Further it was placed in a subgenus and as the type species of the genus it is therefore in the nominate subgenus.^[2]

References[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Elseya dentata.

^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.]. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and 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 5(7):000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.

^ ^a ^b Thomson, S., Amepou, Y., Anamiato, J. & Georges, A. 2015. A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006(1):59-82. Preview (PDF)

^ Gray, J.E. 1863. On the species of Chelymys from Australia, with the description of a new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3(12):98-99