Chelodina steindachneri

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Chelodina steindachneri
C steindachneri holotype1.jpg
Dorsal view of the holotype of Chelodina steindachneri

Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus:
Species:
C. steindachneri
Binomial name
Chelodina steindachneri
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Chelodina steindachneri
    Siebenrock, 1914
  • Chelodina millymillyensis
    Glauert, 1923
  • Hesperochelodina steindachneri
    — Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Chelodina steindachneri
    — Cogger, 2000

Chelodina steindachneri, commonly known as the dinner-plate turtle or Steindachner's turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is the least known of the Australian turtles and also one of the smallest members of the long-necked turtles of the genus Chelodina. It is a member of the subgenus Chelodina making it closely related to the Chelodina longicollis group of species.

Description and types[]

Holotype of Chelodina steindachneri NMW19798
Dorsal view
Ventral view

Etymology[]

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[4]

Geographic range[]

C. steindachneri is endemic to the state of Western Australia in Australia.[3]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of C. steindachneri are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Siebenrock F (1914). "Eine neue Chelodina-Art aus Westaustralien ". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (Mathemathisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse) 17: 386-387. (Chelodina steindachneri, new species). (in German).
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 326–327. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Species Chelodina steindachneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chelodina steindachneri, p. 252).

Further reading[]

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,o33 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • , (1989). "Das Portrait: Chelodina steindachneri SIEBENROCK ". Sauria 11 (2): 1–2. (in German).
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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