Species Carettochelys insculpta Ramsay, 1886
Pig-nosed Turtle, Pitted-shelled Turtle
- Carettocchelys [sic] insculptus Ramsay, E.P. 1886. On a new genus and species of fresh water tortoise from the Fly River, New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 158-162 [1887 on title page of bound volume] [158].
Type data:
Holotype AM R3677, Fly River, New Guinea. - Carettochelys insculpta Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum i-x, 311 pp. [236] [valid emendation of Carettochelys insculptus Ramsay, 1886].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1-37 [11]
Introduction
Carettochelys insculpta is the only living member of the Family Carettochelyidae.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Also New Guinea.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Aquatic, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, noctidiurnal, oviparous, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, general carnivore.
General References
Cogger, H.G. 1970. First record of the pitted-shelled turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, from Australia. Search 1: 41
Fritz, U. & Havas, P. 2007. Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57(2): 149-368 [163]
Schodde, R., Mason, I. & Wolfe, T.O. 1972. Further records of the pitted-shelled turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 96: 115-117
Waite, E.R. 1905. The osteology of the New Guinea turtle (Carettochelys insculpta, Ramsay). Records of the Museum of Australia 6: 110-118
Common Name References
Cann, J. 1998. Australian Freshwater Turtles. Sydney & Singapore : John Cann & Beaumont Publishing 292 pp. [225-230] (Pig-nosed Turtle)
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Pitted-shelled Turtle)
History of changes
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