Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2496, 2010, Pages 1-37

  Georges, Arthur ^a   Thomson, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carettochelyidae; Chelidae; Reptilia; Testudinata; Trionychidae

Indexed keywords

CARETTOCHELYIDAE; CHELIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 77954013689     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2496.1.1     Document Type: Article

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