Species Haemoproteus chelodinae (Johnston & Cleland, 1909)

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• Haemocystidium chelodinae Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1909. On a new melanin-producing haematozoon from an Australian tortoise. Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 43: 97-103.

Generic Combinations

• Haemoproteus chelodinae (Johnston & Cleland, 1909). —
  Wenyon, C.M. 1926. Protozoology. London : Bailliere, Tindall & Cox Pub.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Elseya latisternum Gray, 1867 [CHELIDAE] Saw-shelled Turtle (blood); Emydura signata Ahl, 1932 [CHELIDAE] Short-necked Tortoise (blood); Emydura macquarii (Gray, 1830) [CHELIDAE] Murray Turtle (blood); Chelodina oblonga Gray, J.E., 1841 [CHELIDAE] Oblong Turtle (blood); Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794) [CHELIDAE] Eastern Snake-necked Tortise, Eastern Long-necked Tortoise (blood); Emydura krefftii (Gray, 1871) [CHELIDAE] Krefft’s River Turtle (blood); Elseya dentata (Gray, 1863) [CHELIDAE] Northern Snapping Turtle (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1912. Species of haemoprotozoa met with during 1910 and 1911. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 74-83 (Emydura krefftii)

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1912. Tabular statements of haematozoa occurring in wild and domesticated animals in Australia. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 83-88 (Emydura krefftii; Chelodina oblonga; Chelodina longicollis)

Jakes, K., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Cameron, S.L. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of Hepatozoon (Haemogregarina) boigae, Hepatozoon sp., Haemogregarina clelandi and Haemoproteus chelodina from Australian reptiles to other Apicomplexa based on cladistic analyses of ultrastructural and life-cycle characters. Parasitology 126: 555-559 (Elseya latisternum)

Jakes, K.A., O'Donoghue, P., Munro, M. & Adlard, R. 2001. Hemoprotozoa of freshwater turtles in Queensland. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 12-19 (Emydura signata; Elseya latisternum)

Johnston, T.H. 1912. A census of Australian reptilian entozoa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23: 233-249 (Chelodina oblonga; Emydura macquarii; Chelodina longicollis)

Johnston, T.H. 1916. A census of the endoparasites recorded as occurring in Queensland, arranged under their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 31-79 (Emydura macquarii)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1909. On a new melanin-producing haematozoon from an Australian tortoise. Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 43: 97-103 (Chelodina longicollis)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1910. Protozoal infections. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1909: 31-46 (Chelodina longicollis)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian Reptilia. No. 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35: 677-685 (Emydura krefftii; Chelodina longicollis)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1912. The Haematozoa of Australian Reptilia. No. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 479-491, pls xiii-xvi (Emydura krefftii; Chelodina oblonga; Chelodina longicollis)

Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122 (Emydura krefftii; Elseya dentata; Chelodina oblonga; Emydura macquarii; Chelodina longicollis)

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