''Elseya schultzei'', commonly known as Schultze's snapping turtle, is a
species
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of
chelid turtle
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endemic
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to northern
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
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.
[Turtle Taxonomy Working Group hodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R. Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. 2017]
Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)
In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Pritchard, P.C.H., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). ''Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group''. Chelonian Research Monographs 7:1–292. .
Etymology
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, ''schultzei'', is in honor of
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Leonhard Schultze-Jena
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.
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Elseya schultzei'', p. 238).
Taxonomy
''E. schultzei'' has been largely considered as the same species as ''
Elseya novaeguineae
The Western New Guinea stream turtle or New Guinea snapping turtle (''Elseya novaeguineae'') is a species of freshwater turtle in the Chelidae family. It is found in the Bird's Head Peninsula and the Bomberai Peninsula west of Cenderawasih Bay, a ...
''. However, recent studies such as Todd et al. (2013) and Georges et al. (2014) have shown that the species is distinct. Therefore, in their recent revision of the New Guinea ''
Elseya
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'' the species was resurrected and restricted to the regions north of the Central Ranges of New Guinea.
Geographic range
''E. schulzei'' is found in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
and
Indonesia
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to the north of the central mountain ranges. It is separated geographically from ''
Elseya novaeguineae
The Western New Guinea stream turtle or New Guinea snapping turtle (''Elseya novaeguineae'') is a species of freshwater turtle in the Chelidae family. It is found in the Bird's Head Peninsula and the Bomberai Peninsula west of Cenderawasih Bay, a ...
'', which is only found in West Irian, Indonesia, to the west of the central range and from ''
Elseya rhodini'' which is only found to the south of the central ranges.
See also
*
Yolarnie Amepou
Yolarnie Amepou (born 1988) is a zoologist and conservationist from Papua New Guinea. She is known for her work to protect the Papuan softshell turtle ('' Carettochelys insculpta'') in Kikori. In 2017 she was a Youth Champion for the Sustainabl ...
References
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Elseya (Hanwarachelys)
schultzei
Reptiles described in 1911
Endemic fauna of New Guinea
Turtles of New Guinea