Myuchelys

The Myuchelys is a genus of turtles, the Australian saw-shelled turtles, in the family Chelidae and subfamily Chelodininae. They inhabit the headwaters and tributaries of rivers within their range and this led to the name Myuchelys, which is formed from the Aboriginal word myuna meaning clear water and the Greek chelys meaning turtle. They have a short neck and the intergular scute completely separates the gular scutes. They have no alveolar ridge separating them from the snapping turtles of the genus Elseya.

==Species== The genus currently contains these cryptic small species of freshwater turtles, endemic to eastern and northern Australia: Myuchelys bellii, Namoi River snapping turtle Gray, 1844 Myuchelys georgesi, Bellinger River snapping turtle Cann, 1997 Myuchelys latisternum, saw-shelled turtle Gray, 1867 Myuchelys purvisi, Manning River snapping turtle