Pig-nosed turtle

Pig-nosed turtle
In Siam Center, Thailand
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Trionychia
Family: Carettochelyidae
Boulenger, 1887
Genus: Carettochelys
Ramsay, 1886
Species:
C. insculpta
Binomial name
Carettochelys insculpta
Ramsay, 1886[3]
Synonyms[4]
  • Carettocchelys insculptus
    Ramsay, 1886
  • Carettochelys insculpta
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Chelodina insculpta
    — Cann, 1997
  • Carettochelys canni
    Artner, 2003 (nomen nudum)

The pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), also known as the Fly River turtle, the pitted-shelled turtle, and the Warrajan is a species of turtle which is native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is the only living member of the genus Carettochelys and family Carettochelyidae, a family which also contains many fossil species with their closest relatives being the softshell turtles (family Trionychidae).

  1. ^ Eisemberg, C.; van Dijk, P.P.; Georges, A.; Amepou, Y. (2018). "Carettochelys insculpta". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T3898A2884984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3898A2884984.en.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ 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. ("Carettocchelys [sic] insculptus ", new species).
  4. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 163–164. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.