Species profile—Elseya oneiros (Gulf snapping turtle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Chelidae (side-necked turtles) → Elseya oneiros (Gulf snapping turtle)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Chelidae (side-necked turtles)
- Scientific name
- Elseya oneiros Joseph-Ouni et al., 2020
- Common name
- Gulf snapping turtle
- Type reference
- Joseph-Ouni, M., McCord, W.P., Cann, J., Smales, I., Freeman, A., Sadlier, R., Couper, P., White, A. & Amey, A. (2020). The relics of Riversleigh: Re-examination of the fossil record of Elseya (Testudines: Chelidae) with description of a new extant species from the Gulf of Carpentaria drainages, Queensland, Australia. The Batagur Monographs 3, 7-69.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 18453
- Synonym(s)
- Elseya lavarackorum
Elusor lavarackorum
Emydura lavarackorum - Alternate name(s)
- Lawn Hill turtle
Lavarack's snapping turtle
Gulf snapper
Nicholson River turtle - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18453
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
