Chelodina (Chelydera)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Pantestudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Chelydera

Species (5 + 2†): C. burrungandjii – C. expansa – C. kuchlingi – C. parkeri – C. rugosa – †C. alanrixi – †C. insculpta

• Species Names in Synonymy: C. kurrichalpongo – C. intergularis – C. siebenrocki – C. walloyarrina
  

Name

Chelydera Thomson & Georges, 2020:430 (in Shea et al. 2020)

Type Species: Chelodina parkeri Rhodin & Mittermeier 1976

References

• 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 Reference page. 
• Rhodin, A.G.J. and Mittermeier, R.A., (1976) Chelodina parkeri, a new species of Chelid turtle from New Guinea, with a discussion of Chelodina seibenrocki Werner, 1901. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 147(11): 465–488. BHL.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. 
• Kehlmaier C, Fritz U, Kuchling G. 2025. The taxonomic quagmire of northern Australian snake-necked turtles (Testudines: Chelidae): Chelodina kuchlingi—Extinct or hiding in plain sight? Vertebrate Zoology 75 127–145. DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e150370Reference page. 

Links

• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 PDF. Reference page. 
• ZooBank: 4EA71D7C-25BC-4EC6-89D8-51116B10DD75

Vernacular names

English: Snake-necked Turtles
日本語: オオナガクビガメ属