Species profile—Elseya lavarackorum (Gulf snapping turtle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Chelidae (side-necked turtles) → Elseya lavarackorum (Gulf snapping turtle)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Chelidae (side-necked turtles)
- Scientific name
- Elseya lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994)
- Common name
- Gulf snapping turtle
- Type reference
- White, A. & Archer, M. (1994). Emydura lavarackorum, a new Pleistocene turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from fluviatile deposits at Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 27, 159-167.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 18453
- Synonym(s)
- Emydura lavarackorum
Elseya oneiros
Elusor 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 4.0.
https://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.
