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Elseya
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Elseya is a genus of large side-necked turtles, commonly known as Australian snapping turtles, in the family Chelidae. Species in the genus Elseya are found in river systems in northern and northeastern Australia and throughout the river systems of New Guinea. They are identified by the presence of alveolar ridges on the triturating surfaces of the mouth and the presence of a complex bridge strut.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Elseya is referenced by 653 other articles, and connects out to New Guinea snapping turtle, Elseya schultzei and Testudines.
Vinony files it under Elseya, Taxa named by John Edward Gray and Taxonomy articles created by Polbot.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderTestudines
- FamilyChelidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 250
- Family
- Chelidae
- Collections
- YPM, ANWC
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chelodininae
- Image
- Elseya dentata 3.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Elseya
- taxon name
- Elseya
- Commons category
- Elseya
- taxonomic type
- Elseya dentata
- taxon author citation
- Gray, 1867
Sources (2)
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