EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Chelodina steindachneri
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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 steindachneri (Steindachner's Snake-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Siebenrock 1914 : 389
- Holotype
- NMW 19798
- Type Locality
- Marloo Station am Grey [= DeGrey] River in Westaustralien [= Western Australia]
- Original name
- Chelodina steindachneri
- Common Name
- Steindachner's Snake-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Western Australia (at least the DeGrey River to the Irwin 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 Hesperochelodina, which itself was not diagnosed.
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