• DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3
Corpus ID: 4942372

A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea.

@article{Thomson2015ANS,
  title={A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea.},
  author={S. Thomson and Y. Amepou and Jim Anamiato and A. Georges},
  journal={Zootaxa},
  year={2015},
  volume={4006 1},
  pages={
          59-82
        }
}

• S. Thomson, Y. Amepou, +1 author A. Georges
• Published 2015
• Biology, Medicine
• Zootaxa

The New Guinea freshwater turtle, Elseya novaeguineae (senu lato) is a long-term, widespread resident of New Guinea and has been subject to substantial vicariance in one of the most geologically dynamic regions on earth. Thus, it should come as no surprise that the taxonomy of this turtle is poorly resolved. Elseya novaeguineae has long been recognized as a species complex, though which elements of this taxon warrant recognition as separate species has been debated. In this paper, we restrict… Expand

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