EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Chelodina parkeri
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Chelidinae ()
genus...............Chelodina (Snake-necked Turtles)
species..............Chelodina parkeri (Parker's Snake-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Rhodin and Mittermeier 1976 : 477
- Holotype
- AMS R21425
- Type Locality
- "Mawa, Lake Murray, Western District, Papua New Guinea"
- Original name
- Chelodina parkeri
- Common Name
- Parker's Snake-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Southern New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Indonesia and Papua)
- Comments
- Closely related to Chelodina siebenrocki, according to the original description.
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