Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Myuchelys
Species: Myuchelys purvisi
Name
- Myuchelys purvisi (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
- Holotype: AM R44654, adult ♀, collected by J. Legler et al. on 23 February 1973.
- Type locality: “in a river 15km S., 32.3Km E. of Nowendoc, New South Wales (31°39′S x 152°04′E. elevation 183m)”.
Synonyms
References
cited sources
- Le, M.D. et al. 2013: Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 68(2): 251–258. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.023 Reference page.
- Thomson, S.; Georges, A. 2009: Myuchelys gen. nov. —a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa, 2053: 32–42. Abstract & excerpt
- Wells, R.W. 2007: Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A new genus of the family Chelidae from eastern Australia. Australian biodiversity record, 2007(3): 1–13. ISSN: 1325-2992 PDF
- Wells, R.W.; Wellington, C.R. 1985: A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian journal of herpetology (supplementary series), 1: 1–61.
Additional references
- Georges, A.; Thomson, S. 2010: Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa, 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF
- Wells, R.W. 2002: Taxonomic notes on some Australian freshwater turtles of the genera Chelodina and Elseya (Reptilia: Chelidae). Australian biodiversity record, 2002(2): 1–30. ISSN: 1325-2992
Vernacular names
English: Manning River snapping turtle, Manning River Turtle, Purvis' Turtle