| Chelodina gunaleni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Species: | C. gunaleni |
| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina gunaleni McCord & Joseph-Ouni, 2007 | |
Chelodina gunaleni, also known commonly as Gunalen's long-necked turtle and Gunalen's snake-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the lowlands of west-central West Papua, Indonesia, south of the central ranges.
Etymology
The specific name, gunaleni, is in honor of Indonesian zoologist Danny Gunalen.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of C. gunaleni are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.
Reproduction
Like all turtles, C. gunaleni is oviparous.
References
- McCord, W.P.; Joseph-Ouni, M. (2007). "A New Species of Chelodina (Testudines: Chelidae) from southwestern New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia)". Reptilia (GB) (52): 47-52. (Chelodina gunaleni, new species).
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group . (2017). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)". In: Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; van Dijk, P.P.; Saumure, R.A.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Pritchard, P.C.H.; 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 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. (Gunalen's Long-necked Turtle Chelodina gunaleni, p. 112).
- ^ Species Chelodina gunaleni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Valverde, Javier (2010). "Schlangenhalsschildkröten ". Reptilia (Münster) 15 (85): 16–23. . (in German).
External links
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