Reimann's snake-necked turtle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
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| Species: | C. reimanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina reimanni & , 1990[1]
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Reimann's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina reimanni) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Oceania and Southeast Asia.
Geographic range[]
C. reimanni is found primarily in Merauke Regency and Yos Sudarso Island of Indonesia, and possibly also in adjacent areas of Papua New Guinea.[3]
Description[]
Pictures of C. reimanni consistently denote a smiling face.
Etymology[]
The specific name, reimanni, is in honor of herpetologist .[4]
References[]
- ^ Philippen HD, Grossman P (1990). "Eine neue Schlangenhalsschildkröte von Neuguinea; Chelodina reimanni sp. n. (Reptilia, Testudines, Pleurodira: Chelidae)". Zool. Abh. Staat. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 46 (5): 95-102. (Chelodina reimanni, new species). (in German).
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 326. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin AGJ, Iverson JB, Bour R, Fritz U, Georges A, Shaffer HB, van Dijk PP]. (2017). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Edition)". In: Rhodin AGJ, Iverson JB, van Dijk PP, Saumure RA, Buhlmann KA, Pritchard PCH, Mittermeier RA (editors) (2017). "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. (Chelodina reimanni, p. 219).
External links[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Chelodina reimanni. |
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Chelodina reimanni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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- Chelodina
- Reptiles described in 1990
- Turtles of New Guinea
- Endemic fauna of New Guinea
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