Chelodina

Chelodina longicollis

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
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenera (3): Chelodina – Chelydera – Macrochelodina

Overview of species (16 + 3†)

• Chelodina

C. canni – C. gunaleni – C. longicollis – C. mccordi – C. novaeguineae – C. pritchardi – C. reimanni – C. steindachneri – †C. murrayi

• Chelydera

C. burrungandjii – C. expansa – C. kuchlingi – C. kurrichalpongo – C. parkeri – C. rugosa – C. walloyarrina – †C. alanrixi – †C. insculpta

• Macrochelodina

C. oblonga

Name

• Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826

Type species: Chelodina longicollis

Synonyms

• Chelodina (Shaw, 1794), type species Chelodina longicollis by original designation.
  • Hydraspis Bell, 1828b. Type species Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794).
  • Chelyodina Agassiz, 1846. Type species Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794).
  • Chelydura Oudemans, 1894. Type species Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794).
  • Chelidura Oudemans, 1894. Type species Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794).
  • Macrochelodina Wells & Wellington, 1985. Type species Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841 = Chelodina colliei
  • Macrodiremys McCord and Uoni, 2007. Type species Chelodina oblonga McCord and Uoni (2007) junior subjective synonym of Chelodina colliei
  • Chelydera Thomson & Georges, 2020. (as Chelodina (Chelydera)

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue classification der reptilien nach ihren natürlichen verwandtschaften. Nebst einer verwandtschafts-tafel und einem verzeichnisse der reptilien-sammlung des K. K. zoologischen museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL 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. 
• Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P.D., Thomson, S., & Fritz, U. 2019. Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression. Scientific Reports (2019) 9:5841 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42310-x Reference page. 
• Shea, G., Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2020. The identity of Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841 (Testudines: Chelidae) reassessed. Zootaxa 4779(3): 419–437. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.9. PDF
• 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. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

References

• ZooBank

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Australische Schlangenhalsschildkröten
English: Australian Snake-necked Turtles
日本語: ナガクビガメ属
ไทย: เต่าคองู, เต่าคอยาว

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