| a new species of freshwater turtle of the genus elseya (testudinata: pleurodira: chelidae) from the northern territory of australia. | the genus elseya has had a checkered taxonomic history, but is now restricted to species characterized by an alveolar ridge on the triturating surfaces of the jaw. the australian forms were once regarded as a single widespread species extending from the mary river of south-eastern queensland to the fitzroy river of north western australia, but a number of australian species have now been identified based on a combination of molecular and morphological data-elseya dentata, e. irwini, e. lavaracko ... | 2016 | 27395476 |
| a new species and subgenus of elseya (testudines: pleurodira: chelidae) from new guinea. | the new guinea freshwater turtle, elseya novaeguineae (senu lato) is a long-term, widespread resident of new guinea and has been subject to substantial vicariance in one of the most geologically dynamic regions on earth. thus, it should come as no surprise that the taxonomy of this turtle is poorly resolved. elseya novaeguineae has long been recognized as a species complex, though which elements of this taxon warrant recognition as separate species has been debated. in this paper, we restrict el ... | 2015 | 26623758 |