| Chelodina
is a genus of Australasian long-necked turtles.
Almost half of the species in the genus has been described
in the last decade.
Chelodina
Fitzinger, 1826
Hesperochelodina
Wells & Wellington, 1985 Nomen Nudum
(Type = Chelodina steindachneri)
Macrochelodina Wells & Wellington,
1985
(Type = Chelodina rugosa) |
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Chelodina
burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett & Georges,
2000
Distribution:
Australia.
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Chelodina
canni McCord & Thomson, 2002
Distribution:
Australia.
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Chelodina
expansa Gray, 1857
Distribution:
Australia.
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Chelodina
kuchlingi Cann, 1997
Distribution:
Australia.
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Chelodina
longicollis (Shaw, 1794)
Chelodina
novae-hollandiae Duméril &
Bibron, 1835
Chelodina sulcata Gray, 1856
Chelodina sulcifera Gray, 1856
Emys longicollis (Shaw, 1794)
Testudo longicollis Shaw, 1794 |
Distribution:
Australia.
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Chelodina
mccordi Rhodin, 1994
Distribution:
Indonesia.
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Chelodina
novaeguineae Boulenger, 1888
Chelodina
rankini Wells & Wellington, 1985
Nomen nudum |
Distribution:
Australia
and Indonesia.
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Chelodina
oblonga Gray, 1841
Chelodina
colliei Gray, 1856
Macrochelodina oblonga (Gray, 1841) |
Distribution:
Australia.
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Chelodina
parkeri Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1976
Distribution:
New Guinea. |
Chelodina
pritchardi Rhodin, 1994
Distribution:
Papua
New Guinea. |
Chelodina
reimanni Philippen & Grossmann, 1990
Distribution:
Indonesia.
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Chelodina
rugosa Ogilby, 1890
Chelodina
intergularis Gray, 1915
Macrochelodina billabong Wells
& Wellington, 1985 Nomen nudum |
Distribution:
Australia.
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Chelodina
siebenrocki Werner, 1901
Distribution:
New Guinea. |
Chelodina
steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914
Chelodina
milly-millyensis Glauert, 1923 |
Distribution:
Australia. |
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