Elseya irwini stirlingi

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
Species: Elseya irwini
Subspecies: Elseya irwini stirlingi

Name

• Elseya irwini stirlingi (Joseph-Ouni et al., 2023)
  • Type locality: South Johnstone River, Queensland, Australia (17° 38'S, 145° 05'E).
  • Holotype: QMJ48059

Synonymy

• Elseya stirlingi Wells & Wellington, 1985 nomen nudem - sec. Iverson et al. 2001
• Elseya stirlingi Wells 2002 nomen nudem - sec. Georges & Thomson 2010
• Elseya stirlingi Wells 2007 nomen nudem - sec. Fritz & Havaš 2007; Georges & Thomson 2010; TTWG 2012; 2014, 2017, 2021.
• Elseya irwini Georges & Thomson 2010
  • Elseya (Pelocomastes) irwini Thomson et al. 2015
• Elseya (Pelocomastes) irwini stirlingi Uoni et al. 2023

References

• Joseph-Ouni M, Cann J, Turner GS, Freeman A & McCord WP. 2023. The Johnstone River Snapping Turtle Elseya stirling (Testudines:Chelidae): taxonomy, morphology, history and distribution. The Batagur Monographs 8:28-78.
• Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. 2007. Checklist of chelonians of the World. Vertebrate zoology 57: 149–368. PDF Reference page. 
• Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Iverson J, Thomson S, Georges A. 2001. Validity of the taxonomic changes for turtles proposed by Wells and Wellington. Journal of Herpetology 35: 365–368.
• 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. 
• 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. Reference page. 
• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page.