Subgenus Chelodina (Chelodina) Fitzinger, 1826

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• Chelodina Fitzinger, L.J. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren naturlichen Verwandtschaften. Vienna : Heubner 66 pp. [6].

  Type species:

   Emys longicollis Shaw, 1794 (=Testudo longicollis Shaw, 1794) by original designation.
• Hydraspis Bell, T. 1828. On Hydraspis, a new genus of freshwater tortoises, of the family Emydidae. Zoological Journal London 3: 511-513 [512].

  Type species:

   Testudo longicollis Shaw, 1794 by original designation.
• Chelyodina Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent & Gassmann viii 393 pp. [published between 1846–1848] [79] [emend. for Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826].
• Chelydura Oudemans, J.T. 1894. Eidechsen und Schildkröten In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und den Malayischen Archipel. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5 pp. 127-146. [145] [?lapsus for Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826].
• Chelidura Oudemans, J.T. 1894. Eidechsen und Schildkröten In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und den Malayischen Archipel. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5 pp. 127-146. [130] [?lapsus for Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826].
• Hesperochelodina Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [9].

  Type species:

   Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [60]

Introduction

Length of head and neck equal to or slightly less than length of the carapace. Secretes a pungent odour when distressed.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NT, Qld: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

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