Species Chelodina (Chelodina) longicollis (Shaw, 1794)

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Species Chelodina (Chelodina) longicollis (Shaw, 1794)

Eastern Snake-necked Turtle, Snake-necked Turtle

Testudo longicollis Shaw, G. 1794. The Zoology of New Holland. Illustrated by J. Sowerby. London. 33 pp. [19, pl. 7].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (type not specified, presumed to be BMNH 1947.3.5.86, that specimen on which Shaw based a subsequent description of this species, see Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. 3 Pt. 1. Amphibia. London : Kearsley 312 pp.), unspecified locality.
Chelodina novaehollandiae Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [443] [long regarded as a replacement name for Testudo longicollis Shaw, 1802; however Roux-Estève, R. 1979. Liste des Amphibiens et Reptiles des collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, récoltés par Lesueur (1778–1846). Bull. Trim. Soc. Géol. Normandie et Amis Muséum du Havre 66: 25–29 regards this as a distinct species with its own holotype, and so it has been treated as such here].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 6969, Australia.
Secondary source:
Roux-Estève, R. 1979. Liste des Amphibiens et Reptiles des collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, récoltés par Lesueur (1778–1846). Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 66: 25-29.
Chelodina sulcifera Gray, J.E. 1855. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London : British Museum 79 pp., XLII pls. [59, pl. XXV fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.3.5.87, Australia.
Chelodina sulcata Gray, J.E. 1856. On some new species of freshwater tortoises from North America, Ceylon and Australia, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855: 197-202 [1855 on title page but p. 201 issued 5 February, 1856] [201] [error, or unnecessary replacement name, for Chelodina sulcifera Gray, 1855].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Generic Combinations

Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794). —
Fitzinger, L.J. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren naturlichen Verwandtschaften. Vienna : Heubner 66 pp.

Introduction

Hybridises with Chelodina canni to yield viable and fertiles offspring where the two species come into contact in the Styx River Region (Georges et al. 2002)

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Populations in Tasmania presumed introduced

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)