Elseya auramemoria

Elseya auramemoria, known commonly as the Guadalcanal snapping turtle, is a species of chelid turtle which belongs to the subgenus Solomonemys of the genus Elseya. The species is endemic to Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands. There had never been a formal report of the Guadalcanal snapping turtle made before its discovery. It is closely related to and was codiscovered with the Malaita snapping turtle.^[1][2]

The holotype was collected in May 1995 from the middle-lower reaches of the eastern bank of the Mbonehe River located in the north of Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands.^[2]