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The eastern long-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) [6] [7] is an east Australian species of snake-necked turtle that inhabits a wide variety of water bodies and is an opportunistic feeder. [7] It is a side-necked turtle ( Pleurodira ), meaning that it bends its head sideways into its shell rather than pulling it directly back.
Chelodina, collectively known as snake-necked turtles, is a large and diverse genus of long-necked chelid turtles with a complicated nomenclatural history. [2] 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, [2] further Macrochelodina and Macrodiremys are now known to ...
Genus Caretta - loggerhead sea turtle; Genus Chelonia - green sea turtle; Genus Eretmochelys - hawksbill sea turtle; Genus Lepidochelys - ridley sea turtle; Genus Natator - flatback sea turtle; Family Dermochelyidae [6] Genus Dermochelys - leatherback sea turtle; Superfamily Kinosternoidea. Family Dermatemydidae [6] Genus Dermatemys - Central ...
Emydura macquarii (common names include Murray River turtle, [7] Macquarie River turtle, [8] eastern short-necked turtle, eastern short-neck turtle and southern river turtle) [9] is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. It is a wide-ranging species that occurs throughout many of the rivers of the eastern half of Australia.
The oblong turtle (Chelodina oblonga), also known commonly as the narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle, [4] southwestern snake-necked turtle, [4] (western) long-neck(ed) turtle, [5] [6] and as yaagan in Noongar language, [7] [8] is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern part of Western Australia. [9]
Turtles have been classified in different ways by different authors. While they were previously considered anapsids , they are now considered more derived. [ 1 ] Recent analyses of molecular evidence have strongly suggested that they belong in the clade Archosauromorpha (also known as Archelosauria). [ 2 ]
Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. [2] The family is distributed in Australia , New Guinea , parts of Indonesia , and throughout most of South America.
Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa, commonly known as the broad-shelled river turtle, broad-shelled snake-necked turtle, [2] or giant snake-necked turtle, [3] is a pleurodiran freshwater turtle and is the largest of the long-necked turtles. [4] It is widely sympatric with the Murray River turtle and eastern snake-necked turtle. [5]