Chelodina steindachneri

Species of turtle

Chelodina steindachneri
Dorsal view of the holotype of Chelodina steindachneri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Chelodina
Species:
C. steindachneri
Binomial name
Chelodina steindachneri
Siebenrock, 1914[1]
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, Steindachner's turtle and or Steindachner's flat-shell 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. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  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.
  • Grossmann P, Grossmann W (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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  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.
Taxon identifiers
Chelodina steindachneri


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