Pritchard's snake-necked turtle

Pritchard's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina pritchardi) is a species of turtles in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to a restricted area of Central Province, Papua New Guinea.^[5]

Pritchard's snake-necked turtle
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Chelodina
Subgenus:	Chelodina
Species:	C. pritchardi
Binomial name
Chelodina pritchardi Rhodin, 1994[2]
Synonyms[3][4]
Chelodina pritchardi Rhodin, 1994 Chelodina (Chelodina) pritchardi — TTWG, 2014

Etymology

Both the specific name, pritchardi, and the common name, Pritchard's snake-necked turtle, are in honour of British herpetologist Peter Pritchard.^[6]