Chelodina burrungandjii
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| Chelodina burrungandjii | |
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| Arnhem land long neck turtle -- (Chelodina (M.) burrungandjii) |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | Macrochelodina |
| Species: | C. (M.) burrungandjii |
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| Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett & Georges, 2000[1] |
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The Sandstone Snake-necked Turtle, Chelodina (Macrochelodina) burrungandjii (Chelidae: Pleurodira) is a medium-sized turtle reaching carapace lengths of 316 mm.[4] The species is found in the sandstone plateaus and escarpments and the plunge pools of Arnhem Land of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.[1][4]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Thomson S., Kennett R. and Georges A. (2000). A new species of long necked turtle (Chelidae:Chelodina) from the sandstone plateau of Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:675-685.
- ^ McCord, William P. and Joseph-Ouni, Mehdi. 2007. A new genus of Australian longneck turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) and a new species of Macrochelodina from the Kimberley region of Western Australia (Australia). Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 55:56–64.
- ^ Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012.Turtles of the World, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
- ^ a b Thomson, S., Kennett, R., Tucker, A., FitzSimmons, N.N., Featherston, P., Alacs, E.A., and Georges, A. 2011. Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett, and Georges 2000 – Sandstone Snake-Necked Turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 056.1–056.7.
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