EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Chelodina longicollis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Chelidinae ()
genus...............Chelodina (Snake-necked Turtles)
species..............Chelodina longicollis (Common snake-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Shaw 1794 : 19
- Holotype
- Not designated; BMNH 1947.3.5.86 presumed to be the holotype by Cogger et al. 1983:61 since it was the specimen Shaw 1802:62 used to redescribe the species.
- Type Locality
- "Australasia or New Holland"
- Original name
- Testudo longicollis
- Common Name
- Common snake-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Southeastern South Australia to eastern Queensland, Australia
- Comments
- Includes Chelodina sulcifera according to Mertens (1972) and Rautert (1982). Reviewed by Cogger et al. (1983).
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