Elseya auramemoria JOSEPH-OUNI & MCCORD & DWYER, 2022
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Elseya auramemoria
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| Higher Taxa | Chelidae, Chelodininae, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Guadalcanal snapping turtle |
| Synonym | Elseya auramemoria JOSEPH-OUNI & MCCORD & DWYER 2022 Elseya auramemoria — TTWG 2025 |
| Distribution | Solomon Islands Type locality: middle-lower reaches of the eastern bank of the Mbonehe River, northern Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal District, Solomon Islands. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: YPM HERR.022304, an adult male specimen (Plates 2, 4) with a straight carapace length of 167.69 mm, collected May, 1995, by a native Solomon Islander in conjunction with native herpetofauna collector G. Fafale. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the genus Elseya, displaying all characters as defined for the new subgenus Solomonemys described above, that is further characterized by the following combination of features: two pairs of chin barbels present; carapace uniformly orange-tinged olive brown in coloration with all carapace scutes free of any defined markings or defined pattern; the narrow medial keel is yellowish-brown, extending from posterior V1 to posterior V4; M2 twice the size of M1, and M1/M2 sulcus bowed concavely interiorly; V1-P1 sulcus bowed convexly exteriorly; M3-M7 with dorsally-curled exterior marginal edges; an olive-greenish brown face, including the tympanum; seven enlarged scales present on the antebrachium (above the carpals); head shield (casque) that does not dip behind the eye post-orbitally and whose lateral extensions over the parietal arch broadly reach the dorso-posterior rim of the tympanum; a light to mid-brown head-shield with a posteriorly-facing dark brown trident marking that runs from behind the orbits and the center to reach the end of the head shield and the extensions; a dusky yellowish-brown inter-orbital band, and a dark creamy-yellow plastron free of darker markings or pattern. (Joseph-Ouni et al. 2022) |
| Comment | This is a provisionally accepted species. Pending approval by the TTWG which provides our master list of turtles. Distribution: see map in TTWG 2025. |
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