Pritchard's snake-necked turtle

Pritchard's snake-necked turtle
Pritchard's 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. pritchardi
Binomial name
Chelodina pritchardi
Rhodin, 1994[1]

The Pritchard's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina pritchardi) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Though recent sightings have ranged from Argentina to Mexico.

References

  1. ^ Rhodin AGJ. 1994a. Chelid turtles of the Australian archipelago: I. A new species of Chelodina from southeastern Papua New Guinea. Breviora 497: 1-36.

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