Chelidae

Chelus fimbriatus, a species of familia Chelidae.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamiliae (3): Chelodininae - Chelinae - Hydromedusinae - Pseudemydurinae

Overview of genera (21)

• Subfamily: Chelinae

Acanthochelys –† Bonapartemys –Chelus –† Linderochelys –† Lomalatachelys –Mesoclemmys –† Palaeophrynops –Phrynops – Platemys –† Prochelidella –Rhinemys

• Subfamily: Chelodininae

† Birlimarr –Chelodina –Elseya –Elusor –Emydura –Flaviemys –Myuchelys –Rheodytes

• Subfamily: Hydromedusinae

Hydromedusa –† Yaminuechelys

• Subfamily: Pseudemydurinae

Pseudemydura

• Stem Chelidae:
  

† Mendozachelys

[source: http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/checklist/ IUCN Checklist] is the best source for turtles and tortoises.

Name

• Chelidae Gray, 1825

References

• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page. 
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). (ISBN: 978-1-5323-5026-9). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Warren, J.W. 1969: Chelid turtles from the mid-Tertiary of Tasmania. Journal of paleontology, 43(1): 179–182. JSTOR
• Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
• Zhang, X., Unmack, P. J., Kuchling, G., Wang, Y., Georges, A. 2017. Resolution of the enigmatic phylogenetic relationship of the critically endangered Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina (Pleurodira: Chelidae) using a complete mitochondrial genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 115, October 2017, Pages 58-61.

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist
• Chelidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chelidae.
• ION

Vernacular names

беларуская: Змеяшыйныя чарапахі
Deutsch: Schlangenhalsschildkröten
English: Snake-necked Turtles
日本語: ヘビクビガメ科
Nederlands: Slangenhalsschildpadden
polski: Żółwie wężoszyjne
svenska: Ormhalssköldpaddor
ไทย: วงศ์เต่าคองู
Türkçe: Yılan boyunlu kaplumbağagiller