EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Chelodina oblonga


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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 oblonga (Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle)
Original Description
Gray 1841 : 446
Holotype
BMNH 1947.3.5.89
Type Locality
"Western Australia"
Original name
Chelodina oblonga
Common Name
Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle
Distribution
Southwestern Western Australia (at least Hill to Phillips river basins), Australia
Comments
Reviewed by Cogger et al. (1983). With no justification, Wells and Wellington (1985:13) designated this species as type species of their new genus Macrochelodina, which itself was not diagnosed.
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