EMYSystem Text Only Subfamily Page: Chelinae
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Chelinae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
genus
species
genus list
Acanthochelys (South American Side-necked Swamp Turtles)
Chelodina (Snake-necked Turtles)
Chelus (Matamata Turtles)
Elseya (Australian Snapping Turtles)
Elusor (Mary River Turtles)
Emydura (Australian Short-necked Turtles)
Hydromedusa (South American Snake-necked Turtles)
Phrynops (Toad-headed Turtles)
Platemys (Twisted-necked Turtles)
Rheodytes (Fitzroy River Turtles)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1825 : 211
- Type Information
- (holotype)
- Synonyms
- Chelidina (original name)
- Common Names
- Austro-American Side-necked Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the family
- Comments
- Gray (1825:211) was the first to designate clearly a higher taxonomic category (Chelidina) between the genus and family level which included at least part of this group (i.e., Chelus, but not Chelodina). Australian forms are under study by J. M. Legler; those in South America and New Guinea, by A. G. J. Rhodin and R. A. Mittermeier.
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