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Southern New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Elseya rhodini
The Southern New Guinea Stream Turtle (Elseya rhodini) is a recently described aquatic species of Chelid turtle (Austro-South American Side Necks) found south of the central ranges of New Guinea. It inhabits small streams that flow into the major river drainage's south of the ranges.
From the article Elseya rhodini on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The species was named in honor of Anders G. J. Rhodin the chairman emeritus of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG) and founder of the Chelonian Research Foundation (CRF) which publish the journal Chelonian Conservation and Biology he had in the past also been involved in research in Papua New Guinea having described the species Chelodina parkeri and Chelodina pritchardi.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 560421.