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Original
Description |
Boulenger 1888a : 450 |
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Type
Locality |
"Katow" [= Mawatta, Binaturi River, Papua, New Guinea] |
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Syntypes |
(2 specimens) MSNG C.E. 8407 and BMNH 1946.1.22.36 (figured in Boulenger 1889; plates V-VI). |
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Original name |
Chelodina novae-guineae |
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Common
name |
New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle |
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Distribution |
Northeastern Queensland and possibly northern Northern Territory, Australia; southwestern Papua New Guinea; Roti Island (van Lidth de Jeude, 1895:120). |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Cogger et al. (1983). The Roti Island population represents a distinct species according to A. G. J. Rhodin (pers. comm.), who is also describing another population in southeastern Papua New Guinea as a full species. Wells and Wellington (1985:11) named the Australian populations as Chelodina rankini without a diagnosis or adequate description; they also designated BMNH 1946.1.22.36 as the lectotype. |
