
Elseya branderhorsti
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Elseya
Subgenus: Elseya
Species: Elseya branderhorsti
Name
- Elseya branderhorsti (Ouwens 1914: 31)
- Type locality: Southeastern Papua, Indonesia, between the Lorentz River and Merauke (restricted Thomson et al. 2015)
- Neotype: PNGM R25201 (set by Thomson et al. 2015) from the Bensbach River of the Trans-Fly region of Papua New Guinea (8° 50' 58.6896" S., 141° 14' 52.944" E.)
Synonymy
- Emydura branderhorsti Ouwens 1914:31
- Elseya branderhorsti Bour in David 1994:81)
- Elseya (Elseya) branderhorsti Thomson et al. 2015
References
- Ouwens, P. A. 1914. List of Dutch East Indian Chelonians in the Buitenzong Zoological Museum. Contributions a la Faune des Indes Neelandaises. 1:29-32.
- 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3 . Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Branderhorst's Turtle
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