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A new species of freshwater turtle of the genus Elseya (Testudinata: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Northern Territory of Australia

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Thomson, Scott, Georges, Arthur (2016): A new species of freshwater turtle of the genus Elseya (Testudinata: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Northern Territory of Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.1.2

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