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Last update: 4 April, 2004

A monotypic genus of Australian chelid turtles.

Elusor Cann & Legler, 1994
(Type = Elusor macrurus Cann & Legler, 1994)
Elusor macrurus Cann & Legler, 1994

Distribution: Australia.

Literature
Cann, J. & J.M. Legler. 1994. The Mary River Tortoise: A New Genus and Species of Short-Necked Chelid from Queensland, Australia (Testudines: Pleurodira). Chel. Conserv. Biol., 1(2): 81-96.
Cann, J. & J.M. Legler. 1994. Cover Photos – The Story. The Mary River Tortoise: A New Genus and Species of Short-Necked Chelid from Queensland, Australia (Testudines: Pleurodira). Monitor, 6(2): 54.
Georges, A. & S. McInnes. 1998. Temperature Fails to Influence Hatchling Sex in another Genus and Species of Chelid Turtle, Elusor macrurus. J. Herpetol., 32(4): 596-598.