Chelodina gunaleni
| Chelodina gunaleni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Species: | C. gunaleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina gunaleni | |
Chelodina gunaleni, also known commonly as Gunalen's long-necked turtle and Gunalen's snake-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the lowlands of west-central West Papua, Indonesia, south of the central ranges.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, gunaleni, is in honor of Indonesian zoologist Danny Gunalen.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of C. gunaleni are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.[4]
Reproduction
[edit]Like all turtles, C. gunaleni is oviparous.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ McCord, W.P.; Joseph-Ouni, M. (2007). "A New Species of Chelodina (Testudines: Chelidae) from southwestern New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia)". Reptilia (GB) (52): 47-52. (Chelodina gunaleni, new species).
- ^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [ Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; Bour, R.; Fritz, U.; Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B.; van Dijk, P.P. ]. (2017). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)". In: Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; van Dijk, P.P.; Saumure, R.A.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Pritchard, P.C.H.; Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017.
- ^ 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. (Gunalen's Long-necked Turtle Chelodina gunaleni, p. 112).
- ^ a b Species Chelodina gunaleni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Valverde, Javier (2010). "Schlangenhalsschildkröten ". Reptilia (Münster) 15 (85): 16–23. [erratum in (86): 10]. (in German).
External links
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