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)
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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