New Guinea snake-necked turtle

New Guinea snake-necked turtle
New Guinea snake-necked turtle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Subfamily: Chelodininae
Genus: Chelodina
Species: C. novaeguineae
Binomial name
Chelodina novaeguineae
Boulenger , 1888[1]

The New Guinea snake-necked turtle (Chelodina novaeguineae) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1888. On the chelydoid chelonians of New Guinea. Annals Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genova. (2)6:449-452

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