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    Species Accepted

    Myuchelys latisternum (Gray, 1867)

    Common Sawshell Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Myuchelys

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustraliaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Breitbrust-Elseyaschildkröte German
      Common Sawshell Turtle English
      Common Sawshelled Turtle English
      Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle English
      Northern Australian Snapping Turtle English
      Saw-shelled Turtle English
      Sawshelled Turtle English
      krátkokrčka východoaustralská Czech
      Северовосточная элсея Russian
      寬胸癩頸龜 Chinese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      36 results
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      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and 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 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?genus=Myuchelys&species=latisternum&submit=Search
      TTWG [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. (2025). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and 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 10:1-575.
      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 (3): 1–13.
      Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. (2023). Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
      Cogger, H. G. (2000). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 Pp.
      Georges, A., & Thomson, S. (2006). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australian FreshwaterTurtles. In: Merrick et al. (eds.) Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Auscipub Pty Ltd, Oatlands, NSW, 291-308 (+ 2 Plates).
      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.
      White A W, & Archer M. (1994). Emydura lavarackorum, a new Pleistocene turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from fluviatile deposits at Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 27 (2): 159-167.

      Citation

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