Myuchelys purvisi

Myuchelys purvisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Myuchelys
Species: Myuchelys purvisi

Name

• Myuchelys purvisi (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
  • Holotype: AM R44654, adult ♀, collected by J. Legler et al. on 23 February 1973.
  • Type locality: “in a river 15km S., 32.3Km E. of Nowendoc, New South Wales (31°39′S x 152°04′E. elevation 183m)”.

Synonyms

• Elseya purvisi Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Wollumbinia purvisi (Wells, 2007: 2, 7 ('comb. nov.')
  • Myuchelys purvisi Thomson & Georges, 2009: 33
  • Flaviemys purvisi Le et al., 2013 new comb.
  • Myuchelys purvisi TTWG 2017

References

cited sources

• Le, M.D. et al. 2013: Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 68(2): 251–258. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.023 Reference page. 
• Thomson, S.; Georges, A. 2009: Myuchelys gen. nov. —a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa, 2053: 32–42. Abstract & excerpt
• Wells, R.W. 2007: Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A new genus of the family Chelidae from eastern Australia. Australian biodiversity record, 2007(3): 1–13. ISSN: 1325-2992 PDF
• Wells, R.W.; Wellington, C.R. 1985: A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian journal of herpetology (supplementary series), 1: 1–61.

Additional references

• Georges, A.; Thomson, S. 2010: Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa, 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF
• Wells, R.W. 2002: Taxonomic notes on some Australian freshwater turtles of the genera Chelodina and Elseya (Reptilia: Chelidae). Australian biodiversity record, 2002(2): 1–30. ISSN: 1325-2992

Vernacular names

čeština: Krátkokrčka Purvisova
English: Manning River snapping turtle, Manning River Turtle, Purvis' Turtle