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Carettochelys insculpta RAMSAY, 1886

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Higher TaxaCarettochelyidae, Trionychoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pig-nosed Turtle, Pitted-Shelled Turtle, Warrajan 
SynonymCarettochelys insculptus RAMSAY 1886 (error typographicus)
Carettochelys insculpta — BOULENGER 1889
Carettochelys insculpta — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989
Carettochelys insculpta — COGGER 2000: 186
Carettochelys insculpta canni WELLS 2002
Carettochelys canni — ARTNER 2003
Carettochelys insculpta — GEORGES & THOMSON 2010
Carettochelys insculpta — COGGER 2014: 813
Carettochelys insculpta — TTWG 2021 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Fly, Strickland, Morehead, Lorentz, Stekwa rivers, Lake Jamur),
Australia (Daly, Victoria, Alligator drainages in the Northern Territory)

Type locality: Fly River, Papua New Guinea.  
ReproductionOviparous. Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD, WEBB et al. 1986, SARRE et al. 2004). 
TypesHolotype: AMS (AM) R3677 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2643 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentBoulenger (1887) erected the family Carettochelyidae for the genus Carettochelys. Crawford et al. (2015) erected the group Trionychia for the Carettochelyidae and Trionychidae (without further defining which genera are exactly in that group, hence we do not apply them to all the genera that are included in Trionychidae).

History: Although the volume of the original description was labelled “1887” it was published on 25 May 1886 (M Lambertz, pers. comm., 17 Dec 2012).

Distribution: Map in MACCORD et al. (2003).

Type species: Carettochelys insculptus RAMSAY 1886 is the type species of the genus Carettochelys RAMSAY 1886: 158 (WERMUTH & MERTENS give 1887 as year).

Habitat: freshwater (Rivers and tributaries) 
EtymologyNamed after Latin insculptus = carved; the plates are pitted, which gives the appearance of being carved.

The genus was named after Spanish carey = tortoise-shell; Greek khelus = a tortoise. 
References
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