Namoi River snapping turtle
| Namoi River snapping turtle | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
| Genus: | Myuchelys |
| Species: | M. bellii |
| Binomial name | |
| Myuchelys bellii (Gray, 1844)[1][3] | |
| Synonyms[4][5] | |
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The Namoi River snapping turtle (Myuchelys bellii), also commonly known as Bell's turtle, Namoi River elseya, or Bell's saw-shelled turtle, is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family.[1][2][6] It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, bellii, and some of the common names, are in honor of English zoologist Thomas Bell.[7]
Geographic range
M. bellii occurs in the upper reaches of the Namoi, Gwydir, Macdonald, and Severn Rivers in northern New South Wales, Australia.[2][4][8]
References
- 1 2 3 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.213.
- 1 2 3 "Elseya bellii (Bell's turtle, Bell's snapping surtle, Namoi River snapping turtle)". IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ↑ Gray, John Edward. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbænians, in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). viii + 80 pp. (Phrynops bellii, pp. 41-42).
- 1 2 Fritz 2007, p. 328.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Approved Conservation Advice for Elseya belli (Bell’s turtle)" (PDF). 26 March 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elseya bellii, p. 22).
- ↑ Threatened Species of the New England Tablelands & NW Slopes of NSW, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, 2003, ISBN 0-7313-6673-5.
Further reading
- Cann J. 1998. Australian Freshwater Turtles. Singapore: Beaumont Publishing. 292 pp. ISBN 978-9810406868.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the World, 2011 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
- 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.
- Wells RW. 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 (3): 1-13.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Myuchelys bellii |
- Bell's turtle from the Government of Queensland
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