Georges, Arthur;Adams, Mark;McCORD, William
Chelodina
Sign in to saveChelodina, collectively known as snake-necked turtles, is a large and diverse genus of long-necked chelid turtles with a complicated nomenclatural history. Although in the past, Macrochelodina and Macrodiremys have been considered separate genera and prior to that all the same, they are now considered subgenera of the Chelodina, further Macrochelodina and Macrodiremys are now known to apply to the same species, hence Chelydera is used for the northern snake-necked turtles.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTestudines
- OrderTestudines
- FamilyChelidae
小長頸龜屬（Chelodina）是蛇頸龜科下的一個屬, 其命名史相當複雜。 原先的大長頸龜屬（Macrochelodina）和窄胸長頸龜屬（Macrodiremys）現也屬於該屬。 小長頸龜屬只生活在澳大利亞、新幾內亞和印度尼西亞的羅地島。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 259
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Chelidae
- Collections
- ANWC
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- List of species
- Extinct species
- Notes
- References
- External links
Chelodina, collectively known as snake-necked turtles, is a large and diverse genus of long-necked chelid turtles with a complicated nomenclatural history. Although in the past, Macrochelodina and Macrodiremys have been considered separate genera and prior to that all the same, they are now considered subgenera of the Chelodina, further Macrochelodina and Macrodiremys are now known to apply to the same species, hence Chelydera is used for the northern snake-necked turtles.
Chelodina is an ancient group of chelid turtles native to Australia, New Guinea, the Indonesian Rote Island, and East Timor. The turtles within this subgenus are small to medium-sized with oval shaped carapace. They are side-necked turtles, meaning they tuck their head partially around the side of their body when threatened instead of directly backwards.
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