| 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 |