Species Trypanosoma chelodina Johnston, 1907

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• Trypanosoma chelodina Johnson, E.A. 1907. A trypanosome found in the river Murray turtle (Chelodina longicollis). Australian Medical Gazette 26: 26 [26].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Associated Fauna References

Breinl, A. 1913. Parasitic protozoa encountered in the blood of Australian native animals. Report of the Australian Instute of Tropical Medicine 1911(April, 1913): 30-38 (Chelodina longicollis)

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; Chelodina longicollis)

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 longicollis)

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; Chelodina longicollis)

Jakes, K.A., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Trypanosoma chelodina and Trypanosoma binneyi from Australian tortoises and platypuses inferred from small subunit rRNA analyses. Parasitology 123: 483-487 (Emydura signata; Elseya latisternum; Chelodina longicollis)

Johnson, E.A. 1907. A trypanosome found in the River Murray turtle (Chelonia longicollis). Australian Medical Gazette 26: 26 (Chelodina longicollis)

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

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

Telford, S.R. 1995. The kinetoplastid hemoflagellates of reptiles. pp. 161-223 in Kreier, J.P. Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press Vol. 10 2. (Emydura krefftii; Elseya latisternum; Elseya dentata; Emydura macquarii; Chelodina longicollis)

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