Parker's snake-necked turtle
Parker's snake-necked turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
Genus: | Chelodina |
Subgenus: | (Macrochelodina) |
Species: | C. parkeri |
Binomial name | |
Chelodina parkeri Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1976 | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Parker's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina parkeri ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.
Etymology
The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Fred Parker (born 1941).[3]
Geographic range
C. parkeri is found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
References
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 336. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ "Chelodina parkeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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. (Chelodina parkeri, p. 200).
Further reading
- Rhodin AGJ, Mittermeier RA (1976). "Chelodina parkeri, A New Species of Chelid Turtle from New Guinea, with a Discussion of Chelodina siebenrocki Werner, 1901". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 147 (11): 465-488. (Chelodina parkeri, new species, pp. 477–486).
External links
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Chelodina parkeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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