Manning River snapping turtle

{{Short description|Species of turtle}}

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| image = E_purvisi4.png

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref =

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Myuchelys

| parent_authority = Le, Reid, McCord, Naro-Maciel, Raxworthy, Amato and Georges, 2013

| species = purvisi

| authority = (Wells & Wellington, 1985)

| synonyms =

  • Elseya purvisi Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Elseya purvesi Georges & Thomson, 2006 (ex errore)
  • Flaviemys purvisi

| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal |url=http://images.turtleconservancy.org/documents/2017/crm-7-checklist-atlas-v8-2017.pdf |title=Turtles of the world, 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status(8th Ed.)|journal=Chelonian Research Monographs |volume=7 |access-date=October 4, 2019|date=August 3, 2017 |last1=Rhodin | first1=Anders G.J. |last2=Inverson |first2=John B. |last3=Roger |first3=Bour |last4=Fritz |first4=Uwe |last5=Georges |first5=Arthur |last6=Shaffer |first6=H. Bradley |last7=van Dijk |first7=Peter Paul |isbn=978-1-5323-5026-9}}{{Cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology |title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World |year=2007 |author=Fritz Uwe |author2=Peter Havaš |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=330 |doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |doi-access=free |issn=1864-5755 }}}}

The Manning River snapping turtle (Myuchelys purvisi), or Manning River saw-shelled turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae, endemic to Australia.

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