Namoi River Snapping Turtle
- Namoi River Snapping Turtle
Taxobox
name = Namoi River Snapping Turtle
status = EN
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Chelidae
genus = "Elseya"
species = "E. belli"
binomial = "Elseya belli"
binomial_authority = Gray, 1844
synonyms ="Elseya" sp. 1Fact|date=October 2007 "Elseya bellii" ("lapsus")
The Namoi River Snapping Turtle or Bell's turtle ("Elseya belli"), is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family.It is endemic to the upper reaches of the Namoi, Gwydir and Macdonald Rivers on the North West Slopes (New South Wales), Australia. [Threatened Species of the New England Tablelands & NW Slopes of NSW, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, 2003, ISBN 0 7313 6673 5]
Citations
ource
* Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40758/all Elseya bellii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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