New Guinea snapping turtle

New Guinea snapping turtle
New Guinea snapping turtle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Subfamily: Chelodininae
Genus: Myuchelys
Species: M. novaeguineae
Binomial name
Myuchelys novaeguineae
(Meyer, 1874)

The New Guinea snapping turtle (Myuchelys novaeguineae) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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