Elseya branderhorsti

Elseya branderhorsti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Elseya
Subgenus: Elseya
Species: Elseya branderhorsti

Name

• Elseya branderhorsti (Ouwens 1914: 31) sec. Thomson et al., 2015
  • Type locality: Southeastern Papua, Indonesia, between the Lorentz River and Merauke (restricted Thomson et al. 2015)
  • Neotype: PNGM R25201 (set by Thomson et al. 2015) from the Bensbach River of the Trans-Fly region of Papua New Guinea (8° 50' 58.6896" S., 141° 14' 52.944" E.)

Synonymy

• Emydura branderhorsti Ouwens 1914: 31
  • Elseya branderhorsti Bour in David 1994: 81
  • Elseya (Elseya) branderhorsti Thomson et al., 2015

References

• Ouwens, P. A. 1914. List of Dutch East Indian Chelonians in the Buitenzong Zoological Museum. Contributions a la Faune des Indes Neelandaises. 1:29-32.
• Thomson, S., Amepou, Y., Anamiato, J. & Georges, A. 2015. A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006(1): 59–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Krátkokrčka Branderhorstova
English: Branderhorst's Turtle