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Species Chelodina (Chelydera) kuchlingi Cann, 1997

Kuchling's Long-neck Turtle, Kuchling's Snake-necked Turtle

 

Introduction

Validity of this taxon was questioned by Georges & Thomson (2010) who treated it as a synonym of C. rugosa. Subsequently however Kuhlmaier et al. (2019) showed it to be genetically distinct from C. rugosa and it is now recognised as valid, possibly extinct.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
30-Nov-2022 CHELIDAE 30-Nov-2022 MOVED
CHELIDAE 30-Aug-2018 ADDED