Species Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa Gray, 1857
Broad-shelled Turtle
- Chelodina expansa Gray, J.E. 1857. Description of a new species of Chelodina from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856: 369-371 [1856 on title page] [370].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.3.4.21; 1947.3.5.88, Australia.
Introduction
Allozyme data support the species designation (Georges et al. 2002)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Also found on Fraser, Stradbroke and Moreton Islands
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.
General References
Georges, A., Adams, M. & McCord, W. 2002. Electrophoretic delineation of species boundaries within the genus Chelodina (Testudines : Chelidae) of Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134: 401-421
Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1-37 [17]
Hodges, K., Donnellan, S. & Georges, A. 2015. Significant genetic structure despite high vagility revealed through mitochondrial phylogeography of an Australian freshwater turtle (Chelodina longicollis). Marine and Freshwater Research 66: 1045-1056
Common Name References
Cann, J. 1998. Australian Freshwater Turtles. Sydney & Singapore : John Cann & Beaumont Publishing 292 pp. [81-88] (Broad-shelled Turtle)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2022 | CHELIDAE | 30-Nov-2022 | MOVED | |
| 31-Oct-2018 | CHELIDAE | 21-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 21-Mar-2016 | CHELIDAE | 27-Jan-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Sep-2013 | CHELIDAE | 02-Jul-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 09-Aug-2012 | 09-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 18-Apr-2011 | ADDED |