iNat·39651SpeciesReptilia30 field observationsThe Nature Library · Open stacks
- Animals
- ›Chordates
- ›Vertebrates
- ›Reptiles
- ›Turtles and Tortoises
- ›Side‑necked turtles
- ›Austro-American Side-necked Turtles
- ›Australasian Side-necked Turtles
- ›Elseya

Western New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Elseya novaeguineae
The Western New Guinea stream turtle or New Guinea snapping turtle (Elseya novaeguineae) is a species of freshwater turtle in the Chelidae family. It is found in the Vogelkopf region west of Cenderawasih Bay and on the island of Waigeo of West Papua Indonesia.
§·
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
§·
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Elseya novaeguineae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39651.