Elseya novaeguineae (MEYER, 1874)
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Elseya novaeguineae
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| Higher Taxa | Chelidae, Chelodininae, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles) |
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| Common Names | E: Western New Guinea Stream Turtle |
| Synonym | Platemys novae-guineae MEYER 1874 Emydura novae-guineae — BOULENGER 1888 Emydura novae-guineae — DE ROOIJ 1915: 321 Emydura novae-guineae — HEDIGER 1934 Elseya novaeguineae — GOODE 1967 Elseya latisternum novaeguineae — BLACKMORE 1969 Emydura novaeguineae — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977 Elseya dentata novaeguineae — OBST 1985 Elseya novaeguineae — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 42 Elseya novaeguineae — BONIN et al 2006 Myuchelys novaeguineae — GEORGES & THOMSON 2010 Elseya novaeguineae — RHODIN et al. 2012 Elseya (Hanwarachelys) novaeguineae — THOMSON et al. 2015 Elseya (Hanwarachelys) novaeguineae — TTWG 2017: 194 Elseya novaeguineae — TTWG 2021 |
| Distribution | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (West Papua, Waigeo Island, Aru Islands) Type locality: Passim, NW New Guinea (1 ̊41'S,134 ̊05'E) |
| Reproduction | oviparous. |
| Types | Holotype: MTD (= MTKD) D8222, according to Obst 1976 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large member of the genus Eiseya in New Guinea that is characterized by the following features: A relatively low, evenly rising. oval, dark brown carapace with a fine striated texture; no vertebral keel present in adults; the anterior and posterior (all) marginals are even (level) to one another, respectively, with minor to no serration in young and adult spec imen s; a small circular black blotch present on the posterior-center of each vertebraJ and costal scute; the pectoral-abdominal seam meets the marginals generally at M6 or more specifically at the beginning of M6; longitudinal extensions of the posterior horny head shield (casque) broad and fully contacting the postero-dorsal rim of the tympanum; a dark gray sclera, slightly infused with light greenish-gray, and dull pale green iris with waShing of dark green fleckings throughout (Plates 4, 5 and 6 in Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2019). |
| Comment | Status unclear; recent authors don't mention this species any more. McDowell 1983 considered this a synonym of Elseya dentata. FRITZ & BAUR (1995) report vital hybrids between Emydura subglobosa and Elseya novaeguineae and between Emydura subglobosa and Chelodina longicollis. Synonymy: GOODE (1967) synonymized E. schultzei with Emydura (= Elseya) novaeguineae and Emydura subglobosa and Emydura albertisii with Emydura krefftii. Phylogenetics: Molecular work of Georges et al. 2014 demonstrated deep phylogeny between 3 populations of Elseya novaeguineae complex, leading to the resurrection of E. schultzei and description of Elseya rhodini and this groups placement in a new subgenus Hawarachelys by Thomson et al, 2015. Type species: Platemys novae-guineae MEYER 1874 is the type species of the subgenus Hanwarachelys Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato, and Georges 2015. Distribution: see map in THOMSON et al. 2015: Fig. 1. Habitat: freshwater (rivers, swamps) |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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