Biology:Chelodina steindachneri
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Short description: Species of turtle
| Chelodina steindachneri | |
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| Dorsal view of the holotype of Chelodina steindachneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | Chelodina |
| Species: | C. steindachneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914[1]
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Chelodina steindachneri, commonly known as the dinner-plate turtle, Steindachner's turtle and or Steindachner's flat-shell turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is the least known of the Australia n turtles and also one of the smallest members of the long-necked turtles of the genus Chelodina. It is a member of the subgenus Chelodina making it closely related to the Chelodina longicollis group of species.
Description and types
Etymology
The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[4]
Geographic range
C. steindachneri is endemic to the state of Western Australia in Australia .[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of C. steindachneri are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.[3]
References
- ↑ Siebenrock F (1914). "Eine neue Chelodina-Art aus Westaustralien ". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (Mathemathisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse) 17: 386-387. (Chelodina steindachneri, new species). (in German).
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 326–327. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Species Chelodina steindachneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chelodina steindachneri, p. 252).
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,o33 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
- Grossmann P, Grossmann W (1989). "Das Portrait: Chelodina steindachneri SIEBENROCK ". Sauria 11 (2): 1–2. (in German).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN:978-1921517280.
Wikidata ☰ Q2707055 entry
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