Pritchard's snake-necked turtle
| Pritchard's snake-necked turtle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | (Chelodina) |
| Species: | C. pritchardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina pritchardi Rhodin, 1994[1] | |
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Pritchard's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina pritchardi ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Etymology
Both the specific name, pritchardi, and the common name, Pritchard's snake-necked turtle, are in honour of British herpetologist Peter Pritchard.[4]
References
- ↑ Rhodin, Anders G. J. (1994). "Chelid turtles of the Australian archipelago: I. A new species of Chelodina from southeastern Papua New Guinea". Breviora (497): 1-36. (Chelodina pritchardi, new species).
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 326. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ "Chelodina pritchardi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chelodina pritchardi, pp. 211-212).
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Chelodina pritchardi |
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Chelodina pritchardi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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