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Australasian Snake-necked Turtles
Chelodina
Chelodina, collectively known as snake-necked turtles, is a large and diverse genus of long-necked chelid turtles with a complicated nomenclatural history. Although in the past, Macrochelodina and Macrodiremys have been considered separate genera and prior to that all the same, they are now considered subgenera of the Chelodina, further Macrochelodina and Macrodiremys are now known to apply to the same species, hence Chelydera is used for the northern snake-necked turtles.
Chelodina is an ancient group of chelid turtles native to Australia, New Guinea, the Indonesian Rote Island, and East Timor. The turtles within this subgenus are small to medium-sized with oval shaped carapace. They are side-necked turtles, meaning they tuck their head partially around the side of their body when threatened instead of directly backwards.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina longicollis
Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina oblonga
Broad-shelled Turtle
speciesChelodina expansa
Cann's Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina canni
Northern Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina rugosa
Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina mccordi
Darwin Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina kurrichalpongo
Flat-shelled Turtle
speciesChelodina steindachneri
Parker's Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina parkeri
Kuchling's Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina kuchlingi
New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina novaeguineae
Reimann's Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina reimanni
Arnhem Land Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina burrungandjii
Gunalen's Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina gunaleni
Pritchard's Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina pritchardi
Aramia Snake-necked Turtle
speciesChelodina ipudinapi
Eastern × Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle
hybridChelodina longicollis × oblonga
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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