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Chelodina
''Chelodina'', collectively known as snake-necked turtles, is a large and diverse genus of long-necked Chelidae, chelid turtles with a complicated Biological nomenclature, 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 Chelidae, 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. ''Chelydera'' represents those species that have often been termed the ''Chelodina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelodina Ipudinapi
''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. ''Chelydera'' represents those species that have often been termed the ''Chelodina'' B group or thick necked snake neck turtle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelodina Oblonga
The oblong turtle (''Chelodina oblonga''), also known commonly as the narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle and the southwestern snake-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern part of Western Australia. The species has been successfully bred in captivity in Cologne Zoological Garden. While all turtles are popularly believed to be mute, the oblong turtle is known to have a wide range of vocalizations. Etymology The specific name, ''colliei'', is in honor of Scottish physician and naturalist Alexander Collie. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Chelodina colliei'', p. 57). Taxonomic history This species has a very complicated taxonomic history, involving many uses of the available names and a number of mistakes in that usage.Thomson, S.A. (2000). "The identification of the holotype of ''Chelodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelodina Mccordi
The Roti Island snake-necked turtle (''Chelodina mccordi''), also commonly known as McCord's snakeneck turtle, is a critically endangered turtle species from Rote Island in Indonesia. Taxonomy ''Chelodina mccordi'' belongs to the genus '' Chelodina'' (Australian snake-necked turtles) within the family Chelidae (Austro-South American side-necked turtles). ''Chelodina mccordi'' was originally described from Rote Island but was later split into three subspecies. ''Chelodina mccordi rotensis'' from eastern Rote and ''Chelodina mccordi timorensis'' from Timor. In a recent paper the eastern Rote form was found to be identical to the western form and they were synonymised. This leaves the species with two subspecies one on Rote Island and one on Timor. History The Roti Island snake-necked turtle was split from the New Guinea snake-necked turtle and regarded as distinct species in 1994 after Dr. Anders Rhodin, director of thChelonian Research Foundationin Lunenburg (Massachusetts), f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelodina Canni
''Chelodina canni'', also known commonly as Cann's snake-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Australia, where it is found in the northern and northeastern parts of the continent. McCord W, Thomson S (2002). "A new species of ''Chelodina'' (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Northern Australia". ''Journal of Herpetology'' 36 (2): 255-267. It has a narrow zone of hybridization with its related species the eastern snake-necked turtle, '' C. longicollis''. For many years ''C. canni'' was assumed to be the same species as '' C. novaeguineae'' from New Guinea. However, in 2002 it was shown that these two species differ both morphologically and genetically, and therefore ''C. canni'' was separated and described as a unique species. Taxonomy :Order: Testudines Linnaeus, 1758 :Suborder: Pleurodira Cope, 1864 :Family: Chelidae Ogilby, 1905 :Subfamily: Chelodininae Baur, 1893: 211 Baur G (1893). "Notes on the classification and tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelodina Longicollis
The eastern long-necked turtle (''Chelodina longicollis'')Kennett, R., Roe, J., Hodges, K., and Georges, A. 2009. ''Chelodina longicollis'' (Shaw 1784) – eastern long-necked turtle, common long-necked turtle, common snake-necked turtle. ''In'': Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. ''Chelonian Research Monographs'' No. 5, pp. 031.1–031.8, is an east Australian species of snake-necked turtle that inhabits a wide variety of water bodies and is an opportunistic feeder. It is a side-necked turtle (Pleurodira), meaning that it bends its head sideways into its shell rather than pulling it directly back. Distribution The species is found throughout south eastern Australia where it is found west of Adelaide (South Australia) eastwards throughout Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelodina Parkeri
Parker's snake-necked turtle (''Chelodina parkeri'') is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. Taxonomy and etymology The specific name ''parkeri'', is in honor of Australian naturalist Fred Parker Frederick or Fred Parker may refer to: * Frederick Parker (furniture manufacturer), British furniture manufacturer * Frederick Parker (cricketer) (1913–1988), English cricketer *Frederick Parker, a character in '' Angel on My Shoulder'' *Jack Park ... (born 1941).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Chelodina parkeri'', p. 200). The species is the type species for the recently described subgenus ''Chelydera''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.4779.3.9PDF/ref> Local Names The Parker's snake-necked turtle is called ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
