EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Carettochelys insculpta
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Carettochelyidae (Pig-nose Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Carettochelys (Pig-nose Turtles)
species..............Carettochelys insculpta (Pig-nose Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Ramsay 1886 : 158
- Holotype
- AMS R3677
- Type Locality
- "Fly River, [Papua] New Guinea"
- Original name
- Carettocchelys insculptus (typographic error in genus name)
- Common Name
- Pig-nose Turtle
- Distribution
- Southern versant of New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Indonesia and papua) and northern portion of Northern Territory, Australia
- Comments
- Reviewed by Groombridge (1982), Cogger et al. (1983), and Georges (1988). The karyotype and its similarity to that of trionychid turtles are described by Bickham et al. (1983).
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