Elseya Gray, 1867 :44

Thomson, Scott, Amepou, Yolarnie, Anamiato, Jim & Georges, Arthur, 2015, A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea, Zootaxa 4006 (1), pp. 59-82 : 61-62

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6108713

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scientific name

Elseya Gray, 1867 :44
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Subgenus Elseya Gray, 1867:44

The nominotypical subgenus, established by Thomson et al., this work. Type Species: Elseya dentata ( Gray 1863: 98) .

Diagnosis: A medial constriction in suture between the anterior bridge strut and the carapace; ileum sutures to the carapace on the posterior 2/3 of the 8th pleural (Figure 2); cervical scute absent except as a rare variant; parietal arch narrow; no prominent process of the head shield extending down the parietal ridge toward the tympanum; temporal region covered with prominent scales; temporal stripes absent; lingual ridge on the ramphotheca and the dentary bones absent; alveolar ridge moderately developed, narrow, clearly visible on the ramphotheca and the underlying dentary ( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 ).

Referred species: Elseya dentata ( Gray 1863: 98) , Elseya branderhorsti ( Ouwens 1914) , Elseya sp. aff. dentata (Sth Alligator) (sensu Georges & Adams 1992) . ( Figure 4)

FIGURE 2. Comparison of the ileum suture of A. Elseya branderhorsti and B. Elseya rhodini . P7—Pleural 7, P8—Pleural 8, SP—Suprapygal, Pe10—10th Peripheral, Pe11—11th Peripheral, T8—8th Thoracic Vertebrae, T9—9th Thoracic Vertebrae.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Chelidae

Loc

Elseya Gray, 1867 :44

Thomson, Scott, Amepou, Yolarnie, Anamiato, Jim & Georges, Arthur 2015
2015
Loc

Elseya

Gray 1867: 44
1867
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