Namoi River snapping turtle
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M. bellii
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Myuchelys bellii |
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The Namoi River snapping turtle (Myuchelys bellii), also commonly known as Bell's turtle, Namoi River elseya, or Bell's saw-shelled turtle, is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family.[1][2][6] It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, bellii, and some of the common names, are in honor of English zoologist Thomas Bell.[7]
Geographic range
M. bellii occurs in the upper reaches of the Namoi, Gwydir, Macdonald, and Severn Rivers in northern New South Wales, Australia.[2][4][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.213.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Gray, John Edward. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbænians, in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). viii + 80 pp. (Phrynops bellii, pp. 41-42).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fritz 2007, p. 328.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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- ↑ 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. (Elseya bellii, p. 22).
- ↑ Threatened Species of the New England Tablelands & NW Slopes of NSW, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, 2003, ISBN 0-7313-6673-5.
Further reading
- Cann J. 1998. Australian Freshwater Turtles. Singapore: Beaumont Publishing. 292 pp. ISBN 978-9810406868.
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- Thomson S, Georges A. 2009. "Myuchelys gen nov. — a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae)". Zootaxa 2053: 32-42.
- Wells RW. 2007. "Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A new genus of the family Chelidae from eastern Australia". Australian Biodiversity Record (3): 1-13.
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Wikispecies has information related to: Myuchelys bellii |
- Bell's turtle from the Government of Queensland