Scott A. Thomson

Thomson is a researcher at the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo and curator at the Chelonian Research Institute in Oviedo, Florida.^[4] He is active in resolving nomenclatural issues, a member of the Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group of the IUCN's Species Survival Commission, and co-author of the 2015 checklist of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene turtles.^[2][5][6][7] Thomson advocates for science-based rather than political- or conservation-driven taxonomy.^[8][9]

Thomson has described several extant and fossil turtles, including:^[6][10][11]

• Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett, and Georges 2000 – Arnhem snake-necked turtle, sandstone snake-necked turtle
• Chelodina canni McCord and Thomson 2002 – Cann's snake-necked turtle
• Chelodina (Chelydera) Thomson and Georges 2020
• Elseya (Hanwarachelys) Thomson et al. 2015
• Elseya albagula Thomson, Georges, and Limpus 2006 – white-throated snapping turtle, southern snapping turtle
• Elseya flaviventralis Thomson and Georges 2016 – yellow-bellied snapping turtle
• †Elseya nadibajagu Thomson and Mackness 1999 – ancient snapping turtle
• Elseya rhodini Thomson et al. 2015 – southern New Guinea stream turtle, Rhodin's stream turtle
• Myuchelys Thomson and Georges 2009
• †Rheodytes devisi Thomson 2000 – DeVis' river diver

• Thomson's website